Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Medical Care Research and Review
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Robinson, J. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Robinson, J. C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Physician-Hospital Integration and the Economic Theory of the Firm

James C. Robinson

University of California, Berkeley

Physicians and hospitals are pioneering new and more coordinated organizational forms under pressure from market competition. Arms-length "doctor's workshop" relationships are yielding to integrated delivery systems and contractual delivery networks. This article analyzes organizational change in health care through the conceptual lens of institutional economics, defined broadly as including agency theory, transactions cost economics, and the dynamic capabilities view of the firm. These theoretical frameworks highlight three distinct functions of organization under managed care: coordination, governance, and innovation.

Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 54, No. 1, 3-24 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/107755879705400101
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Health Aff (Millwood)Home page
L. P. Casalino, E. A. November, R. A. Berenson, and H. H. Pham
Hospital-Physician Relations: Two Tracks And The Decline Of The Voluntary Medical Staff Model
Health Aff., September 1, 2008; 27(5): 1305 - 1314.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
K. J. Bozic, R. G. Pierce, and J. H. Herndon
Health Care Technology Assessment. Basic Principles and Clinical Applications
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., June 1, 2004; 86(6): 1305 - 1314.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Med Care Res RevHome page
D. A. Conrad, S. Koos, A. Harney, and M. Haase
Physician Practice Management Organizations: Their Prospects and Performance
Med Care Res Rev, September 1, 1999; 56(3): 307 - 339.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JAMAHome page
J. C. Robinson
Consolidation of Medical Groups Into Physician Practice Management Organizations
JAMA, January 14, 1998; 279(2): 144 - 149.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Med Care Res RevHome page
S. M. Shortell
Commentary
Med Care Res Rev, March 1, 1997; 54(1): 25 - 31.
[PDF]