Leadership and governance in seven developed health systems

Health Policy

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-49

  Smith, Peter C ^a   Anell, Anders ^b   Busse, Reinhard ^c   Crivelli, Luca ^d   Healy, Judith ^e   Lindahl, Anne Karin ^f   Westert, Gert ^g   Kene, Tobechukwu ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Health systems; Leadership

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MARKET; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; REVIEW; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP;

EID: 84863392982     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.009     Document Type: Review

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