Healthcare: From Good to Exceptional Governance

Opening of the article

With respect to the health care dimensions of the public service, the capacity of a government to provide a good standard of health care is deemed one of the most important elements contributing to a country’ s standard of living. Universal access to health care, irrespective of one’s ability to pay, is regarded as a basic human right in the developed world. Governance in a hospital setting concerns not only economic and financial dimensions, as there is a huge societal aspect associated with the provision of health care. In turn it could be argued that hospital governance takes a more institutional approach.