Implementing a Decommissioning Programme in Swedish Healthcare: Experiences of Healthcare Managers.

ABSTRACT: Decommissioning programmes pose a substantial risk of failure compared to other change processes in healthcare. A better understanding of the challenges associated with change processes initiated by resource scarcity faced by healthcare managers is crucial. This study describes and compares department and unit managers' experiences during the implementation of a large-scale decommissioning programme in a Swedish region. A survey was developed and a cross-sectional study was performed, measuring 172 healthcare managers' experiences of (1) the region's leadership, (2) their own participation and (3) their own commitment and responsibility during the implementation of the decommissioning programme. Respondents were 50 department managers and 122 unit managers (93% and 58% response rate, respe

SUBMITTER: Gustafsson IB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577462 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature