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. 1991 Aug;26(3):375–401.

Physician participation in hospital strategic decision making: the effect of hospital strategy and decision content.

D P Ashmos 1, R R McDaniel Jr 1
PMCID: PMC1069830  PMID: 1869445

Abstract

An exploratory study examined variation in the participation of physicians in hospital strategic decision making as a function of (1) strategic decision content or (2) hospital strategy, or both. The findings revealed that who participates is a function of decision content while how physicians participate is a function of decision content and the interaction of decision content and hospital strategy.

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