Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 23 Issue 3

How healthcare states matter: Comparing the introduction of clinical standards in Britain and Germany

Viola Burau, Laura Fenton

This paper aims to identify variation in the introduction of New Public Management reforms in healthcare and how this variation is related to country‐specific healthcare states.

New hospital payment systems: Comparing medical strategies in The Netherlands, Germany and England

Anne Marije van Essen

This paper seeks to identify different medical strategies adopted in relation to the new hospital payment systems in Germany, The Netherlands and England and analyse how the…

Hospital governance and the medical practitioner in Belgium

Gregory Gourdin, Rita Schepers

This paper aims to attempt to explore current transformations in hospital governance by tracing the evolution of medical autonomy in the Belgian hospital sector in the second half…

Work culture within the hospital context in Canada: professional versus unit influences

Patricia Khokher, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Ivan Sainsaulieu

This paper sets out to explore health professionals' views and experiences regarding the work culture that exists in their hospital units, and further how patients influence these…

Home care in transition: the complex dynamic of competing drivers of change in Norway

Mia Vabø

This paper seeks to draw attention to the historical and institutional context of Norwegian home care and to the way in which care agencies have been pressed to reconcile…

User involvement in Finland: the hybrid of control and emancipation

Anna Leppo, Riikka Perälä

The new “agenda of choice” in public services emphasises service users' needs and agency. The ideals of consumerism and user involvement have set new challenges for professionals…

Managerial regimes meet the healthcare state: introduction and outlook

Ellen Kuhlmann, Viola Burau