Public, private, neither, both? Publicness theory and the analysis of healthcare organisations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-322

  Anderson, Stuart ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensional; England; Healthcare; Normative; Organisation; Outcomes; Private; Public; Publicness; Review; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY REFORM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SERVICE PROVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856233657     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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