title: Governance forms in health systems and health networks.
abstract: Debates about the relative advantages of health systems versus more loosely structured health networks have largely ignored issues of how these different organizational forms are governed. Based on comparisons of two large samples of health systems and health networks, our findings indicate that the majority of both types of organized delivery systems have governing bodies separate from those of affiliate organizations, high proportional representation by affiliate organizations, and similar board size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Policy, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. jalexand@umich.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Shoou-Yih D
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gloria J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bazzoli
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research; D014481:United States