Medical leadership, a systematic narrative review: do hospitals and healthcare organisations perform better when led by doctors?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite common assumptions that doctors are well placed to lead hospitals and healthcare organisations, the peer-reviewed literature contains little evidence on the performance of doctors in leadership roles in comparison with that of non-medical managers.

Objectives

To determine whether there is an association between the leader's medical background and management performance in terms of organisational performance or patient outcomes.

Methods

We searched for peer-reviewed, English language studies using Medline, Embase and Emerald Management between 2005 and 2017. We included quantitative, qualitative and mixed method empirical studies on the performance of senior healthcare managers where participants were described as doctors or leaders and where compa

SUBMITTER: Clay-Williams R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623455 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature