Assessing the Culture of Medical Group Practices

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ID9103386
AuthorsJohn E Kralewski (University of Minnesota), TERENCE D WINGERT (University of Minnesota), MICHAEL H BARBOUCHE, Michael Barbouche (University of Minnesota)
Year1996
Volume34
Issue5
Pages377-388
Publication date1996-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199605000-00001
PMID8614161
OpenAlexW2313115637
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

This study was designed to identify the relevant components of the organizational culture of medical group practices and to develop an instrument to measure those cultures. Building on the work of industrial psychologists and organizational sociologists, a 35-item instrument was developed through an iterative process with more than 100 medical groups. The final instrument was tested using responses from physicians practicing in two very different medical groups: one a prepaid group practice with salaried physicians and the other, until recently, a fee-for-service practice. Using stepwise discriminant analysis of the responses to this instrument, more than 90% of the physicians were able to be placed in the appropriate practice setting

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