Post-New Public Management in public sector hospitals? The UK, Germany and Italy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-636

  Dent, Mike ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative health systems; Governance; New Public Management; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGULATORY APPROACH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26944497238     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557305774329208     Document Type: Article

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