Does ownership matter for the provision of professionalized services? Hip operations at publicly and privately owned clinics in Denmark

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 956-974

  Andersen, Lotte Bøgh ^a   Jakobsen, Mads ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; OWNERSHIP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGERY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

DENMARK;

EID: 80052677831     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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