Governance of Hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe

• Main Author: Sowa, Przemyslaw Marcin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Health care management.; Health services administration.; Public administration.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Health Care Management.; Public Administration.

This book presents a novel view of healthcare system transition in post-communist countries. It is the first region-wide comparative study of hospital governance in Eastern Europe. Comprehensive new material shows the evolution and significance of governance, complementing recent publications on the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Selected socio-economic aspects of post-communist health care transition
• Chapter 3: Transformation of hospital governance in post-Semashko health systems
• Chapter 4: Economic implications of transforming hospital governance
• Chapter 5: Statistical evidence on effects of hospital governance reforms
• Chapter 6: Key findings and concluding remarks.