Health care systems increasingly aim to create value for money by simultaneous
incentivizing of quality along with classical goals such as activity increase and cost …

Introduction This article examines the incentive effects of delegating operational and
financial decision making from central government to local healthcare providers. It …

This paper is a first examination of the development of an alternative to activity-based
remuneration in public hospitals, which is currently being tested at nine hospital …

Since 2004, English NHS hospitals have been given the opportunity to acquire a more
autonomous status known as a Foundation Trust (FT), whereby regulations and restrictions …

Against the background of regulatory initiatives that put hospitals under increasing financial
pressure, we explore performance measurement and compensation practices in hospitals …

The paper investigates the presence and impact of clinicians on the boards of National
Health Service (NHS) acute care trusts on efficiency over a three-year period (2006–2009) …

The key question addressed in this study is whether performance‐based reimbursement in
health care affects the professional power and autonomy of physicians, and if so, whether …

Background Hospital governance increasingly combines management and professional self-
governance. This article maps the new emergent modes of control in a comparative …

Purpose–The paper aims to account for the substance of non‐linear governance change by
analysing the importance of sector‐specific institutions and the pathways of governing they …

Background Hospital governance is broadening its orientation from cost and production
controls towards 'improving performance on clinical outcomes'. Given this new focus one …