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Competition and survival of health service organizations: A population ecology approach
Author(s) -
Kaluzny Arnold,
Alexander Jeffrey,
Hurley Robert,
Galloway Robert
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.4740020104
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , organizational ecology , ecology , population ecology , population , service (business) , geography , business , biology , sociology , demography , marketing , social science
The survival of health care organizations is viewed, in this article, from a population ecology perspective. This perspective provides insight into how organizational forms are differentiated on the basis of resource availability under different environmental conditions. Selected hypotheses and a rationale are presented to illustrate the applicability of the perspective to health services.