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Health Services Management and Health Behavior

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This chapter will address the influence on and interplay of health behavior research in the management of health care organizations. It will discuss the conceptual relationship between health behavior and health care management, assess the degree to which this relationship has been empirically researched, and suggest fruitful avenues of inquiry for the future.

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Daugherty, R.H. (1997). Health Services Management and Health Behavior. In: Gochman, D.S. (eds) Handbook of Health Behavior Research IV. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0484-3_10

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