Researching the Co-Existence and Continuity of Standardization and Customization in Healthcare: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

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Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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We thank all those who responded to our article: (Re) making the Procrustean Bed: Standardization and Customizations as Competing Logic in Health Care.Each commentary engaged critically with the main ideas we presented, offering some affirmation but also taking the discussion in new (and sometimes unexpected) theoretical and empirical directions... (Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 10 January 2018
  • Revise Date: 24 January 2018
  • Accept Date: 20 January 2018
  • First Publish Date: 01 June 2018