In their 2016 article, Saltman and Duran provide a thoughtful examination of the governance challenges involved in different care delivery models adopted in primary care and hospitals in two European countries. This commentary examines the limited potential of structural changes to achieve real reform and considers that, unless governance arrangements actually succeed in penetrating organizatio...

BACKGROUND Clinical Governance provides a framework for assessing and improving clinical quality through a single coherent program. Organizational appropriateness is aimed at achieving the best health outcomes and the most appropriate use of resources. The goal of the present study is to verify the likely relationship between Clinical Governance and appropriateness of hospital stay. METHODS A...

Background Quality of health services is one of the most important factors for delivery of these services. Regarding the importance and vital role of quality in the health sector, a concept known as “Clinical Governance” (CG) has been introduced into the health area which aims to enhance quality of health services. Thus, this study aimed to assess private and public hospitals’ readiness to impl...

Current literature on regionalism looks at non state actors in governance such as Foundations as an adjunct to the state, or in isolation. This paper, from the perspective of New Regionalism, argues that the emergence of informal networks of governance, made all the more powerful because of globalisation, play a major part in the strengthening of democratic mores in the region. It looks at an e...

OBJECTIVES To investigate healthcare professional perceptions of local implementation of a national clinical governance policy in New Zealand. DESIGN Respondent comments written at the end of a national healthcare professional survey designed to assess implementation of core components of the clinical governance policy. SETTING The written comments were provided by respondents to a survey d...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, with negative effects on productivity, profitability, economic growth, and development. The social responsibility role of public companies in contributing towards reducing the negative effects of HIV/AIDS is priceless. This paper investigates the impact of corporate governance (CG) on social and environmental acc...

Privatizations in developing countries that don’t embrace a governance perspective will disappoint. This paper introduces the concept of ‘governance chains’ that can constrain the ‘grabbing hands’ of public and private actors by providing information and accountability mechanisms for investors. Recently available empirical data from established firms from 49 countries around the world provides ...