TY - JOUR
T1 - The translation of hospital management models in european health systems
T2 - A framework for comparison
AU - Kirkpatrick, Ian
AU - Bullinger, Bernadette
AU - Lega, Federico
AU - Dent, Mike
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - In this paper we develop a framework for comparing changes in the management of public hospitals across different national health systems, drawing on insights from institutional theory. Using a range of secondary sources we show how one particular form of hospital management, pioneered originally at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, has been translated differently in four health systems: England, Denmark, Italy and France. This analysis builds on the notion of editing rules, which derive from the institutional context, and illustrates how these rules broaden our understanding of variable translations of global templates for hospital management. The paper concludes by highlighting wider implications for theory and policy.
AB - In this paper we develop a framework for comparing changes in the management of public hospitals across different national health systems, drawing on insights from institutional theory. Using a range of secondary sources we show how one particular form of hospital management, pioneered originally at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, has been translated differently in four health systems: England, Denmark, Italy and France. This analysis builds on the notion of editing rules, which derive from the institutional context, and illustrates how these rules broaden our understanding of variable translations of global templates for hospital management. The paper concludes by highlighting wider implications for theory and policy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881521028&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.12030
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.12030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84881521028
SN - 1045-3172
VL - 24
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
IS - S3
ER -