Resource dependency and strategy in healthcare organizations during a time of scarce resources: evidence from the metropolitan area of cologne.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Healthcare systems are under pressure to improve their performance, while at the same time facing severe resource constraints, particularly workforce shortages. By applying resource-dependency-theory (RDT), we explore how healthcare organizations in different settings perceive pressure arising from uncertain access to resources and examine organizational strategies they deploy to secure resources.

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional survey of key decision-makers in different healthcare settings in the metropolitan area of Cologne, Germany, on perceptions of pressure arising from the environment and respective strategies was conducted. For comparisons between settings radar charts, Kruskal-Wallis test and Fisher-Yates test were applied. Additionally, correla

SUBMITTER: Ansmann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature