“A manager in the minds of doctors:” A comparison of new modes of control in European hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a   Burau, Viola ^b   Correia, Tiago ^c   Lewandowski, Roman ^d   Lionis, Christos ^e   Noordegraaf, Mirko ^f   Repullo, Jose ^g  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^d Voivodeship Rehabilitation Hospital for Children   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coordination of control modes; Cost and quality management; Doctors in management; European comparison; Hospital governance; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MANAGER; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONALISM; TAXONOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84879835157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-246     Document Type: Article

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