How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education?
Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health …

Entrepreneurial universities are the third generation of the universities which are well–
known as the engines of regional development. Their transformation from conventional …

Background Licensure and registration are the traditional approaches to ensure minimally
acceptable standards of care for practice. However, due to advances in medical technology …

The licensing and regulation of physicians is an important topic worldwide and is often tied
to discussions in various countries of health care system reform. We conducted a review of …

This chapter compares transformations in professional self-regulation in the UK and
Germany through the lens of governance. We introduce an expanded concept of …

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of Chinese health care
regulation in an era of transition. It describes the major health care regulatory institutions …

Abstract Context and Thesis Changing patient and public involvement (PPI) policies in
England and Wales are analysed against the background of wider National Health Service …

Background The Care Quality Commission regulates, inspects, and rates general practice
providers in England. Inspections are costly and infrequent, and are supplemented by a …

As the following chapters illustrate, there are many different types of health care system.
There are many different approaches to produce typologies that classify systems. This …

This Working Paper reviews the recent international debates on the role of the state in health
system governance, and uses those discussions to establish the legitimate role of the state …