New Zealand is in the process of implementing major changes in the organisation and
funding of its health services. Central to these changes is a largely elected area health …

This article reviews the effects of political devolution on health care in the countries of Great
Britain at the end of the first term of the new political institutions created in 1999. In the light …

The social organisation and political culture of the society in which an organisation is
embedded can have major effects on the way in which organisational policy is implemented …

Decentralization has held an honoured place in the strategic thinking of European health
policy-makers for many years. It has been an integral part of social health insurance systems …

For all that there is a well-entrenched sense of the differences among the different peoples
of the UK, there has been surprising reluctance to accept the extent to which these …

This chapter aims to develop an account of contemporary healthcare governance that
combines insights from the governance and governmentality literatures. It explores the …

Decentralization is a central plank of current government health policy. However, it is
possible to discern both centralist and decentralist movements in the UK. This paper …

The most appropriate decentralization of policymaking powers is an important unresolved
policy question for most health systems. At one extreme lies the UK National Health Service …

Decentralisation in the health care sector has been perceived in these last years as a means
to revamp the performance of health care systems. Many European countries have …