"SEEKING PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY IN ITALIAN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS"

Accountability in healthcare organizations and systems.

Public Accountability of Autonomous Public Organizations

Biological hazards and healthcare-associated infections in Italian healthcare facilities: some considerations on inspections and accountability.

Healthcare-associated infections are a major clinical and public health problem that involve, in a variety of ways, healthcare professionals, hospital administrators and, above all, patients. In Italy, the incidence of infectious complications generally varies from 5-10% (hospitalized patients) to 1% (home care patients); 5-10% of such infections manifest epidemically, and infections caused by ...

TQM Practices in Public Sector: Case of Finnish Healthcare Organizations

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Accountability for Performance in a more Contractually Oriented Public Sector

The theme of this conference, ‘New Days, New Ways’ is very appropriate and timely given the nature of the challenges currently facing the Australian Public Service (APS). It could be argued that the APS has been steadily evolving towards a more private sector orientation over the last decade or so more so recently as a consequence of the momentum of the National Competition Policy reforms See I...