Technology and the structure of subunits: distinguishing individual and workgroup effects.

This study was carried out in association with the Stanford Center for Health Care Research, William H. Forrest, Jr., Director. It was conducted as part of a larger project on the quality of surgical care, known as the Institutional Differences Study, with Forrest, Scott, and Byron Wm. Brown, Jr., as principal investigators. The project was supported by Contract PH 43-63-65, National Institute of General Medical Sciences administered through the National Center for Health Services Research, HEW. Additional support for this study was obtained from the Organizational Research Training Program at Stanford University under a training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, HEW.