Implementation of hospital governing boards: Views from the field

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McNatt, Zahirah ^a   Thompson, Jennifer W ^a   Mengistu, Abraham ^b   Tatek, Dawit ^a   Linnander, Erika ^a   Ageze, Leulseged ^c   Lawson, Ruth ^d   Berhanu, Negalign ^e   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d Department for International Development ^*  (Nigeria)

^e JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Ethiopia; Governance; Healthcare reform

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; GOVERNING BOARD; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899954328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-178     Document Type: Article

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