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Hospital strategy and regional planning in France
Author(s) -
Frossard Michel
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.4740050108
Subject(s) - negotiation , business , strategic planning , scheme (mathematics) , regional planning , health care , set (abstract data type) , process management , operations management , public relations , environmental planning , political science , urban planning , economic growth , marketing , computer science , geography , economics , engineering , mathematical analysis , civil engineering , mathematics , law , programming language
Cost containment policy in health implies changes in hospital management and regional planning. There is a movement in France towards the strategic management of hospitals and towards a new way of planning. That calls for new models and the paper presents, as an example, regional arrangements of neonatal care. Hospital managers and local authorities set up a model and an information system to allow the best way possible for involving hospitals in the building of a regional scheme, leading to the negotiation of contracts. This experiment is conducted by the National School of Public Health with the aim of gaining experience in bringing together professionals and teachers, doing research and producing materials for management development.