Implications of complex adaptive systems theory for interpreting research about health care organizations
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Implications of complex adaptive systems theory for the design of research on health care organizations.
BACKGROUND Because health care organizations (HCOs) are complex adaptive systems (CASs), phenomena of interest often are dynamic and unfold in unpredictable ways, and unfolding events are often unique. Researchers of HCOs may recognize that the subject of their research is dynamic; however, their research designs may not take this into account. Researchers may also know that unfolding events ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1356-1294,1365-2753
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01359.x