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Hollowing out the state? Some observations on the restructuring of hospital services in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Barnett J Ross
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1999.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , decentralization , state (computer science) , politics , public administration , political science , business , economic growth , economics , finance , law , algorithm , computer science
Summary This study applies Jessop's idea of the ‘hollowed‐out’ state to an analysis of the restructuring of hospital services in New Zealand. Decentralization of responsibility for the funding and provision of hospital services to regional and local levels has had distinct fiscal and political advantages for the state and is rapidly changing the geography of hospital provision.