Leadership for the systemization of health care: The unaddressed issue in health care reform

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 399-414

  Degeling, Pieter ^a   Carr, Adrian ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authority; Health services; Leadership; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; LEADERSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 16644382787     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260410569975     Document Type: Article

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