Incorporation of public hospitals: A "Silver Bullet" against overcapacity, managerial bottlenecks and resource constraints?. Case studies from Austria and Estonia

Health Policy

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 328-338

  Fidler, Armin H ^a   Haslinger, Reinhard R ^a   Hofmarcher, Maria M ^b   Jesse, Maris ^c   Palu, Toomas ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

^c World Bank   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Autonomization; Corporatization; Governance; Health service delivery; Hospital; Hospital reform; Incorporation; Innovation; Institution; Management; New public sector management; Organization; Organizational reform; Performance; Privatization; Public hospital; Public sector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; ESTONIA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ESTONIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 33947367879     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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