Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance, there is no published empirical work on the hypothesis. This cross-sectional study reports the first evidence. Data are collected on the top-100 U.S. hospitals in 2009, as ident...

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Main Author:	Goodall, Amanda H
Format:	Paper
Language:	English
Place of publication:	01.07.2011
Related:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Data of publication:	2011/07
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers
Subjects:	organizational performance; expert leaders; hospitals; physicians; professional managers
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	RePEc RePEc IDEAS Database information Databases - DBIS