Hospital Ownership and Hospital Institutional Change
A Qualitative Study in Guizhou Province, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15493261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu Xie (0000-0002-4832-3453, Fudan University), Di Liang (0000-0003-2569-1605, University of California San Diego), Jiayan Huang (0000-0001-9074-6305, Fudan University, corresponding author), Jia-Jie Jin (0000-0003-2392-0881, Fudan University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1460-1460 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16081460 |
| PMID | 31022966 |
| OpenAlex | W2940817599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Objectives : To qualitatively compare the influence of different ownership which is considered as a kind of institutional environment in public hospitals, private hospitals, and mixed-ownership hospitals on hospital governance structure and organizational behavior. Design : Qualitative descriptive study, using semi-structured, in-depth interviews and thematic template analysis, theoretically informed by critical realism. Participants : 27 key informants including national policymakers in charge of the health sector, influential researchers, local administrators responsible for implementing policies, and hospital managers who are experienced in institutional change. Results : Hospital ownership has a significant influence on hospitals in terms of decision-making power allocation, residual ownership allocation, market entry level, accountability, and social functions. These five aspects in hospital organizational structure incentivize hospitals to adapt to the internal and external environment of the hospital organization-such as market environment, governance, and financing arrangements-affect the behavior of the hospital organization, and ultimately affect the efficiency of hospital operation and quality of service. The incentives under the public system are relatively distorted. Private hospitals have poor performance in failing their social functions due to their insufficient development ability. Compared to them, mixed ownership hospitals have a better performance in terms of incentive mechanism and organizational development. Conclusion : Public hospitals should improve the governance environment and decision-making structure, so as to balance their implementation of social functions and achieve favorable organizational development. For private hospitals, in addition to the optimization of the policy environment, attempts should be made to strengthen their supervision. The development of mixed-ownership hospitals should be oriented towards socialized governance
Accountability · Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Incentive · Management · Market economy · Organizational structure · Political science · Public hospital · Public relations · Qualitative research · Thematic analysis · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing · Finance
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |