Forfatter

Lægreid, Per og Ståle Opedal, Inger Marie Stigen.

Årstall

2003

Utgiver

Bergen: Rokkansenteret. Notat 23-2003.

Publikasjonstype:

Notat

Fulltekst:

http://www.ub.uib.no/elpub/rokkan/N/N23-03.pdf

Antall sider:

28

ISSN-nummer:

1503-0946

Publiseringsspråk:

Engelsk

Land publikasjonen kommer fra:

Norge

NSD-referanse:

2045

Disse opplysningene er sist endret:

20/8 2007

Sammendrag
This paper focuses on the balance between superior governmental control and
enterprise autonomy by examining the Norwegian Hospital Reform. We describe the
enterprise model and give a description of the policy instruments that the government,
as owner, has for exercising power and control vis-à-vis the health enterprises. How the
trade-off between autonomy and control is experienced and practiced is analyzed by use
of survey data collected among regional executive board members, and illustrative cases.
The trade-off can be characterized as ambiguous and unstable and we ask if it is possible
to achieve a plus-sum game between political control and autonomy.