Can the county authorities effectively supervise their health care units? Cover Image

Nadzór właścicielski powiatów nad podmiotami leczniczymi
Can the county authorities effectively supervise their health care units?

Author(s): Marcin Kautsch
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Public Administration
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: Hospitals; corporate governance; local government

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the results of a survey on the supervision by the counties on the subordinated therapeutic entities (hospitals). Action taken by counties in this area can be considered as insufficient. Despite the declarations of complex administrative structures responsible for the supervision, counties do not have the knowledge not only about the management processes used in the subordinate entities, but also the state of their finances. What counties call a supervision is to a large extent a control – sampling and formal. Information gap between the supervisor and the supervised is so large, that significantly affect the ability of supervision by the counties on the subordinated entities.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 63-76
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish