The Control Gap: The Role of Budgets, Accounting Information and (Non-) Decisions in Hospital Settings

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-102

  Nyland, Kari ^a,b   Pettersen, Inger Johanne ^a,b  

^a 1 Sintef Unimed Health Services Research   (Norway)

^b Bodøs Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

accountability; accounting information; hospitals; responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85095674082     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2004.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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