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Structural Constraints of Local Government Hospitals and Governmental Responsibility

Soonim Huh 1

1서울시립대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate structural constraints of local government hospitals and explore governmental responsibility in this regard. In general, it is assumed that public hospitals are protected from competition. However, local government hospitals provide health services in very competitive environment as large expansion of private sector. Furthermore, they have been requested managerial or fruancial performance without sufficient support of local goverment, which constrained their role as public entity. Managerial responsibility has been emphasized under New Public Management after economic crisis in 1997, which lead to enlarge bureaucratic control of local government. This might be incompatible with policy agenda of Ministry of Health and political responsibility is necessary to improve public role of local government hospitals.

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