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Gauld, Robin - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 19 (2005) 2, pp. 106-119

Purpose – Hong Kong was particularly affected by the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). During the epidemic, it seemed as if the Hong Kong government and health system were barely coping, leading to calls of mismanagement and governance incapacity. In the wake of the...

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Efficiency and productivity of hospitals in Vietnam

Linh Pham, Thuy - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 25 (2011) 2, pp. 195-213

the years 1998 to 2006. Findings – There was evidence of improvement in overall technical efficiency from 65 per cent in … technical efficiency improvement. Furthermore, provincial hospitals were more technically efficient than their central …

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Knowledge translation in healthcare

Oborn, Eivor; Barrett, Michael; Racko, Girts - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 4, pp. 412-431

Purpose – The authors draw selectively on theories of learning and knowledge, which currently have received little attention from knowledge translation (KT) researchers, and suggest how they might usefully inform future development of the KT literature. The purpose of this paper is to provide...

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The scope and impact of community participation

Nathan, Sally; Braithwaite, Jeffrey; Stephenson, Niamh - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 28 (2014) 3, pp. 405-421

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the views of community representatives participating in a large health service in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional survey of 49 community representatives and interviews with a purposeful sample of representatives ( n...

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Conceptions of patients and their roles in healthcare

McDermott, Aoife M.; Pedersen, Anne Reff - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 2, pp. 194-206

conceptions of patients and their roles in service delivery and improvement. Second, it introduces the contributions to the … to, a mobilising focus for, and active participants in service delivery and improvement. Building upon the potential … patient roles identified, this editorial develops five “ideal type” patient positions in healthcare delivery and improvement …

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Buildings’ impact on effective hospital services

Støre-Valen, Marit; Kathrine Larssen, Anne; Bjørberg, … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 28 (2014) 3, pp. 386-404

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of the physical assets of Norwegian hospital facilities in terms of technical condition, building performance, usability and adaptability, thereby comprehending the main challenges for property management as part of facilities...

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