Submitted by moonichka on November 23, 2007

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Performance Management In Hospitals: The Role Of Physicians’ Motivation

Worldwide health care systems are facing pressures to reduce costs, be more productive and improve the quality of care (Alves, 2003; D’Aunno et al., 2000). Although relatively recent, management of health care organizations is thus a research area of great interest.

In the last few years, the Portuguese national health system has experienced some significant changes in the way hospitals are managed (Alves, 2003). For example: in the way hospital managers can hire and reward professionals (Antunes, 2001; Batalau, 2003) and in the way hospitals can contract with suppliers (Batalau, 2003). These contribute to a greater interest of this area in the Portuguese case.

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