Public-private partnerships in health services delivery: A network organizations perspective

Public Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 829-856

  Singh, Avantika ^a   Prakash, Gyan ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Health system; Interorganizational co ordination; Interorganizational relations; Network governance; Network organizations; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149275636     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.488860     Document Type: Article

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