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Elin Funck. Photo.

Elin Funck

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Elin Funck. Photo.

Audit as Leviathan : Constructing quality registers in Swedish health care

Author

  • Elin K. Funck

Summary, in English

This paper explores the rise of an audit practice: the national quality registers in Swedish health care. Based on actor-network theory, the study tells the story of an actor-network formed by physicians in the 1970s who mobilized themselves around a common object; to develop the knowledge-base of medical professionals. However, over time more actors became persuaded of the potential of the network and associate themselves with it, resulting in reformed registers. The study shows how the network develops into a macro-actor, a Leviathan in health care, how this macro-actor comes to affect health care practices and how it contributes towards maintaining a new governance regime.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

415-438

Publication/Series

Financial Accountability and Management

Volume

31

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Actor-network theory
  • Health care
  • Measurements
  • New Public Management

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0267-4424