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Can institutional entrepreneurship strengthen clinical governance and quality improvement: a case study of a district-based clinical specialist team in South Africa

Abstract

We present an interpretive qualitative account of micro-level activities and processes of clinical governance by recently introduced district-based clinical specialist teams (DCSTs) in South Africa. We do this to explore whether and how they are functioning as institutional entrepreneurs (IE) at the local service delivery level. In one health district, between 2013 and 2015, we carried out 59 in-depth interviews with district, sub-district and …

Authors

Oboirien K; Goudge J; Harris B; Eyles J

Journal

Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 34, No. Supplement_2, pp. ii121–ii134

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

November 1, 2019

DOI

10.1093/heapol/czz110

ISSN

0268-1080