{"title":"The Further Development of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority","authors":"R. Gauld","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1998.10800348","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The statutory Hospital Authority was established by the Hong Kong government in 1990 to lead a new era in public hospital management. The new body was given the tremendous task of implementing a management structure across some forty hospitals. This article discusses the development and current status of the Hospital Authority. A variety of challenges presently facing the organisation are outlined, and possible responses are offered.","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1998.10800348","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The statutory Hospital Authority was established by the Hong Kong government in 1990 to lead a new era in public hospital management. The new body was given the tremendous task of implementing a management structure across some forty hospitals. This article discusses the development and current status of the Hospital Authority. A variety of challenges presently facing the organisation are outlined, and possible responses are offered.