The rise of independent regulation in health care

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-177

  Nunes, Rui ^a,b,c   Rego, Guilhermina ^a   Brandão, Cristina ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Regulatory Authority of Health   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Economic regulation; Governance; Health care regulation; Independent regulatory agencies; Social regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548663924     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0040-6     Document Type: Article

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