Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259945 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2007:13
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This paper presents a novel way to analyze the organization of public hospitals by applying the property rights approach to organizations (PRA) to the problem. It is proposed that while PRA is suitable for the analysis of all hospitals it is especially so for public hospitals.The analysis explores issues concerning privatization and integration of public hospital services. The findings are generally supportive of integration as long as the public principal's human capital is essential for the production of hospital care.
Subjects: 
Public Hospitals
The Property Rights Approach to Organizations
Joint Production
Integration
Privatization
JEL: 
D23
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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