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PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEALTH CARE GOVERNANCE

EDITED BY PAOLA MATTEI

Public Accountability and Health Care Governance

Paola Mattei Editor

Public Accountability and Health Care Governance Public Management Reforms Between Austerity and Democracy

Editor Paola Mattei St Antony’s College University of Oxford Oxford, UK

ISBN 978-1-137-47298-4 ISBN 978-1-137-47299-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-47299-1

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CONTENTS

Public Management Reforms and Their Impact on Democratic Processes Paola Mattei

1

German Healthcare in Transition: Global Pressures, Governance and Public Wellbeing Patricia Hogwood

13

Hospital Planning in a Competitive Arena: Sustaining or Suspending Market Forces? Tanja Klenk

37

Marketization and Accountability: Lessons from the Reforming Norwegian Healthcare System Simon Neby

65

From Demigods in White to Normal Employees: Employment Relations and New Incentive Structures in German Hospitals Maximiliane Wilkesmann

91

v

vi

CONTENTS

Accountability in Multilevel Health Care Services: The Case of Norway Haldor Byrkjeflot, Tom Christensen, and Per Lægreid Organ Transplant Policies and Cultural Worldviews Paola Mattei From “Major Decisions” to “Everyday Life”: Direct Accountability to Clients Thomas Schillemans, Hester van de Bovenkamp, and Margo Trappenburg

115

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165

Accountability and Shared Measurement in Health Care: Examples from Israel Yehonatan Almog, Bruce Rosen, and Jack Habib

193

Index

217

CONTRIBUTORS

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