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Diversification strategy and performance: implications for health services research.

P A Rivers1, S H Glover, G Munchus

  • 1University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
|October 28, 1999
PubMed
Summary

This review examines diversification strategy and performance in health services. It highlights research progress and identifies limitations in health services strategy research, offering theoretical implications.

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Area of Science:

  • Health services research
  • Strategic management
  • Organizational performance

Background:

  • Health care is a unique research area with significant strategic management implications.
  • Progress in diversification strategy and performance research is noted, but health services strategy research lags.
  • A gap exists in understanding the relationship between diversification strategy and performance within health services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the existing literature on diversification strategy and performance in health services.
  • To evaluate theoretical and empirical contributions using a recognized framework.
  • To identify limitations and explore theoretical implications for future research.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of diversification strategy and performance in health services.

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  • Adoption of the Datta, Rajagopalan, and Rasheed (1991) framework for analysis.
  • Evaluation of theoretical and empirical research contributions.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant progress in diversification strategy and performance research generally.
    • Limited empirical and theoretical development specifically within health services strategy research.
    • Identification of key limitations in current health services strategy studies.

    Conclusions:

    • Further research is needed to bridge the gap in health services strategy research.
    • The reviewed framework provides a basis for future theoretical and empirical advancements.
    • Understanding diversification strategy's impact on health services performance requires focused investigation.