QUASI-MARKET TRANSFORMATION: AN INSTITUTIONALIST APPROACH TO CHANGE IN UK HOSPITALS

KITCHENER, MARTIN

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 1/1998, pág. 73

1. Introduction. 2. An institutionalist approach to the study of new public management. a) Research design and methods. 3. The directly managed hospital archetype. a) Changes within the DM hospital archetype. b) The antecedents of QMT. 4. Tracks of change within hospitals. a) Tracks of QMT at Central Hospital. b) The track of QMT at Western Hospital. 5. The trust hospital archetype. 6. Discussion: Processes of QMT. 7. Conclusions. 8. References.