Governance of Hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe
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 governa
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Governance of Hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe
Governance of Hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe
Przemyslaw Marcin Sowa
Governance of Hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe
Przemyslaw Marcin Sowa Australian National University Canberra, Australia
ISBN 978-981-287-765-9 ISBN 978-981-287-766-6 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-766-6
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To my parents
Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I would like to thank Prof Jim Butler for the opportunity to engage in this research, as well as for his trust and continued support, both of which I greatly relied on. I am grateful to my advisors Prof Luke Connelly and Dr Francesco Paolucci for valuable suggestions that helped to shape this study. I give special thanks to Dr Renata Hasanova for her postgraduate course of Health Econometrics, during which I set the grounds for the statistical analysis in Chap. 5. I am also indebted to my colleagues and fellow researchers for their attention and comments received during seminars and presentations. I would especially like to thank the two anonymous examiners of my doctoral thesis and the reviewer of the book manuscript for their precious time and valuable comments that led to improvements in the quality of discussion. I am thankful to my dear parents, sister and friends for their unrelenting support. To my beloved Luna, thank you for the love, care and attention you give every day. Lastly, I am indebted to all the wonderful people who accompanied me during my years in Canberra. They made the time of this book preparation a fabulous chapter in my life. This work is based on a doctoral thesis supported by the Higher Degree by Research Scholarshi
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