Health-care processes - A Study of Medical Problem-solving in the Swedish Health-care Organisation
(1997) In Lund Studies in Economics and Management- Abstract
- This study is about medical problem-solving within its organisational context, the Swedish health-care organisation. The main purpose is to demonstrate how different types of medical problem-solving are affected by the structure of the health-care organisation. This involves the construction of a typology of medical problem-solving processes, and it is argued that the main characteristics of these processes are that they vary according to differences in medical technology and differences in the obscurity of the perceived medical problem. From this, four main processes are defined and demonstrated through empirical examples of the handling of illnesses. Furthermore, relevant aspects of structure are defined, and applied to empirical... (More)
- This study is about medical problem-solving within its organisational context, the Swedish health-care organisation. The main purpose is to demonstrate how different types of medical problem-solving are affected by the structure of the health-care organisation. This involves the construction of a typology of medical problem-solving processes, and it is argued that the main characteristics of these processes are that they vary according to differences in medical technology and differences in the obscurity of the perceived medical problem. From this, four main processes are defined and demonstrated through empirical examples of the handling of illnesses. Furthermore, relevant aspects of structure are defined, and applied to empirical material (from hospitals and health-care centres) as examples to demonstrate how the present structure, at different organisational levels, influences the different medical problem-solving processes at the "work-floor" level. The main result of this study is an illustration of how the different ways of organising at different levels work together to restrict the problem-solving processes and deprive them of suitable conditions. When different problem-solving processes take place in the same structural setting they disturb each other. Under norms of efficiency the processes therefore need e.g. to have different integrative mechanisms, different principles for grouping of activities, and to be evaluated according to different criteria. (Less)
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Studien avser medicinsk problemlösning i sitt organisatoriska sammanhang i den svenska sjukvårdsorganisationen. Det huvudsakliga syftet är att visa hur olika typer av medicinsk problemlösning påverkas av organisationsstrukturen. För att åstadkomma detta utvecklas en typologi för medicinska problemlösningsprocesser huvudsakligen baserad på skillnader i den medicinska teknologin och på variationer i uppfattningen av det medicinska problemet. Fyra huvudsakliga processer definieras och demonstreras med exempel från olika sjukdomar. Vidare definieras relevanta aspekter på organisationsstruktur och appliceras på ett empiriskt material (från sjukhus och vårdcentraler) för att exemplifiera hur den... (More) - Popular Abstract in Swedish
Studien avser medicinsk problemlösning i sitt organisatoriska sammanhang i den svenska sjukvårdsorganisationen. Det huvudsakliga syftet är att visa hur olika typer av medicinsk problemlösning påverkas av organisationsstrukturen. För att åstadkomma detta utvecklas en typologi för medicinska problemlösningsprocesser huvudsakligen baserad på skillnader i den medicinska teknologin och på variationer i uppfattningen av det medicinska problemet. Fyra huvudsakliga processer definieras och demonstreras med exempel från olika sjukdomar. Vidare definieras relevanta aspekter på organisationsstruktur och appliceras på ett empiriskt material (från sjukhus och vårdcentraler) för att exemplifiera hur den nuvarande strukturen på olika organisatoriska nivåer påverkar de olika problemlösningsprocesserna. Studiens huvudsakliga resultat är en illustration av hur olika sätt att organisera på de olika organisatoriska nivåerna sammantaget gör att problemlösningsprocesserna begränsas och förhindras att utveckla bättre villkor. Olika problemlösningsprocesser stör dessutom varandra när de försiggår inom samma organisationsstruktur. Om man vill förbättra effektiviteten bör därför de olika problemlösningsprocesserna t.ex. ha olika former för integration, olika principer för aktivitetsgruppering och värderas utifrån olika kriteria. (Less)
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- author
- Holmberg, Leif LU
- supervisor
- opponent
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- Prof. Borgenhammar, Edgar, Nordiska Hälsovårdshögskolan, Göteborg
- organization
- publishing date
- 1997
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Organizational science, resource control, medical technology, Problem-solving, health-care organization, Organisationsteori
- in
- Lund Studies in Economics and Management
- pages
- 228 pages
- publisher
- Lund University Press
- defense location
- Carolinasalen, Univ.
- defense date
- 1997-02-27 10:51:00
- external identifiers
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- other:ISRN: LUSADG/SAEK-97/1031SE
- ISSN
- 0284-5075
- ISBN
- 91-7966-405-9
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 04a6629a-d289-4658-b13a-b41061e9a367 (old id 18141)
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- 2016-04-01 16:41:53
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title = {{Health-care processes - A Study of Medical Problem-solving in the Swedish Health-care Organisation}},
year = {{1997}},
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