Hospital-based Integrative Medicine

A Case Study of the Barriers and Factors Facilitating the Creation of a Center

• Author(s): Ian D. Coulter,
• Publisher: Rand Corporation
• Pages: 171
• ISBN_10: 0833045598
  ISBN_13: 9780833045591
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Medical / Health Policy , Medical / Hospital Administration & Care ,

Description:... This study tracks the establishment of a single hospital-based integrative medicine center. Although some factors clearly worked in favor of the center, the hospital had few models to guide it and no experience in creating such a clinic. Thus, it made many decisions in the areas of administration, finance, and legal issues that created barriers to the center's success, and the center was ultimately closed.