Background. Care for elderly persons with disabilities is usually characterized by fragmentation,
often leading to more intrusive and expensive forms of care such as hospitalization and …

Organizational performance remains an elusive concept despite its importance to health care
organizations' (HCOs') management and analysis. This paper uses Parsons' social system …

Examines the dynamics of change that operated following preparations for accreditation.
The study was conducted from May 1995 to October 2001 in a university hospital center in …

Background One way to improve quality and safety in healthcare organizations (HCOs) is
through accreditation. Accreditation is a rigorous external evaluation process that comprises …

Budget constraints, technological advances and a growing elderly population have resulted
in major reforms in health care systems across Canada. This has led to fewer and smaller …

Le complexe formé par les maladies chroniques, les épisodes de maladies aiguës, les
déficiences physiologiques, les incapacités fonctionnelles et les problèmes cognitifs dominent …

The article is based on a multidimensional conception of healthcare system performance. Our
objectives are to assess the performance of the healthcare systems of 27 Organisation for …

This article explains the ways in which the integration of care represents a potential solution
to the dysfunctional aspects of health care systems. Briefly defined, integration involves …

… An additional eight persons representing external supervisory authorities (AP-HP and
town hall) were also interviewed. Interviews lasted an average of 90 min. All interviews were …

Health services utilization has been the object of many books and papers in the literature.
Measures associated with utilization are often a function of volume of services. The objective …