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Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies

Exhibit 2. Factors Considered in Organization Selection

Factors Categories
Organizational experience with Lean at initiation of study
  1. Recent = within the last year
  2. Mid-point = within the last 2-4 years
  3. Experienced
Geographic location
  1. East
  2. Midwest
  3. South
  4. West
Region density
  1. Rural = all populations, housing, and territory not included within an urban area
  2. Small urban = densely developed territory containing at least 2,500 people but fewer than 50,000 people with a population density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile
  3. Large urban = densely developed territory with greater than 50,000 people and a population density of 1,000 or more persons per square mile
Special organization designation
  1. Critical access hospital
  2. Community clinic
  3. N/A
Hospital beds Number
Teaching hospital
  1. Yes = academic hospital
  2. No = community hospital
Physician employment model
  1. Community physicians
  2. Staff physicians
  3. Mixed (community and staff physicians)
Consultant use
  1. Yes
  2. No


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Page last reviewed November 2014
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Internet Citation: Exhibit 2. Factors Considered in Organization Selection. Content last reviewed November 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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