Hospital governance accountability structure: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitals, as complex organizations with clinical, financial, and social functions, face different barriers to providing high-quality and safe services at reasonable costs. Various initiatives have been carried out in hospital governance to improve quality, safety, and accountability. This research aims to identify the structures and dimensions that make hospital governance accountable.

Methods

The research used Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework to examine the research literature on hospital governance structure and accountability. The literature review included PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus ProQuest, Google search engine, and Google Scholar databases from 2010 to 2023. Data were analyzed using the content analysis method.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Jalilvand MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10777527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature