Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 12 Issue 6

Kindly technicians: hospital administrators immediately before the NHS

Mark Learmonth

Presents the results of a qualitative analysis of copies of The Hospital, a journal for UK hospital administrators, from 1946‐1948: immediately prior to the establishment of the…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/09513559810216564. When citing the…

Willingness of families caring for victims of dementia to pay for nursing home care: results of a pilot study in Taiwan

Lian Chiu, Kwong‐Yui Tang, Yu‐Hwa Liu, Woei‐Cherng Shyu, Ta‐Pang Chang

In order to examine the value family caregivers attach to the benefits associated with nursing home services, this contingent survey was designed to investigate the willingness of…

New Zealand Polynesian women’s access to information about cervical screening

Frank Sligo, Anna Jameson, Margie Comrie

Immigration by Pacific Island people into New Zealand has raised issues of equal access to a range of government and social services, including health information. This study…

From contracts to service agreements: what can be learned from total purchasing?

Judy Robison

Total purchasing is an experimental extension of GP fundholding through which GP practices can purchase community, secondary and tertiary services not included in standard…

Comparative perspectives on doctors in management in the UK and The Netherlands

Bie Nio Ong, Rita Schepers

The role of doctors in hospitals continues to change due to both external (policy) and internal (organisational change) pressures. Comparisons between The Netherlands and the UK…

Medical managers can make research‐based management decisions

John Øvretveit

The paper has three messages. First, doctors in management can use evaluation methods and research to make better management decisions and to manage projects. Second, health…

Seamless health care for chronic diseases in a dual health care system: managed care and the role of family physicians

Albert Lee

Neither private nor state run health care systems are perfect. Although there is increasing evidence that Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) provide comparable care at lower…