title: A political paradigm for the health care administrator.
abstract: It is crucial that health care administrators develop political clout if they wish to influence health care regulation. Health care professionals must learn to represent provider and patient interests effectively in order to have impact on regulation-making bodies.
mesh_terms: D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006076:Government; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States