The rise of governmentality in the Italian National Health System: Physiology or pathology of a decentralized and (ongoing) federalist system?

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 172-180

  Lega, Federico ^a   Sargiacomo, Massimo ^b,c   Ianni, Luca ^b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Open University Leonardo Da Vinci   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS;

EID: 78649973587     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/hsmr.2010.010006     Document Type: Review

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