Management Mistakes in Healthcare
Subtitle: Identification, Correction, and Prevention
Contributors: Richard J. Davidson (Foreword); Paul B. Hofmann (Editor); Frankie Perry (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521829007
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical; Ethics; Medical / Nursing; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Ethics; Case studies; Health services administration
First sentence: The failed merger of the hospitals owned by Stanford University and the University of California at San Francisco cost both institutions a combined financial loss of $176 million over a twenty-nine-month period (Russell 2000), but the non-financial costs remain immeasurable.