Public sector hospitals and organizational change: An agenda for policy analysis

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-128

  Collins, Charles ^a   Green, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health sector reform; Hospitals; Policy; Public sector management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032814063     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1751(199904/06)14:2<107::AID-HPM542>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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