Hospital-based integrative medicine : a case study of the barriers and factors facilitating the creation of a center /

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This study tracks the establishment of a single hospital-based integrative medicine center. Although some factors clearly worked in favor of the center, the hospital had few models to guide it and no experience in creating such a clinic. Thus, it made many decisions in the areas of administration, f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Rand Corporation, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (U.S.)
Other Authors: Coulter, Ian D., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Integrative medicine.
Hospitals > United States > Planning > Case studies.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Alternative medicine.
Integrated delivery of health care.
Hospitals > Administration.
Hospitals > Business management.
Hospitals > Planning.
Complementary Therapies
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Hospital Administration
Hospital Planning
Organizational Case Studies
Médecine intégrative.
Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Planification > Études de cas.
Médecines parallèles.
Prestation intégrée de soins.
Hôpitaux > Administration.
Hôpitaux > Planification.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
Therapeutics, Physiological
Integrated delivery of health care
Hospitals > Business management
Hospitals > Administration
Alternative medicine
Hospitals > Planning
Integrative medicine
Alternative Medicine.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The study
  • Creation and development
  • Implementation and operation
  • The demise of the center
  • Evaluation
  • Conclusions: facilitators and barriers
  • Appendix A: Expert panel
  • Appendix B: Brief time line.

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