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Doctors as managers: poachers turned gamekeepers?
1Nuffield Institute for Health Services Studies, University of Leeds, U.K.
Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|August 1, 1992
Summary
Doctors are increasingly taking on management roles in healthcare, potentially strengthening their influence and challenging government reforms. This shift may lead to
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Professionalism
- Health Policy Analysis
Background:
- Healthcare systems face pressure to control costs and improve quality.
- There's a growing trend of involving doctors in management roles.
- Previous strategies focused on strengthening management to oversee doctors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the debate surrounding doctors in management roles.
- To analyze the implications of doctors assuming management positions.
- To explore the potential for 'provider capture' of the management agenda.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature and debate on doctors and managers.
- Analysis of the broader context of healthcare management.
- Examination of doctors' value bases versus traditional management values.
Main Results:
- Doctors can engage in management at meso and micro levels.
- A potential outcome is 'provider capture' where doctors influence management.
- Doctors' public respect may paradoxically hinder government challenges to their practices.
Conclusions:
- The involvement of doctors in management could strengthen their position.
- This may impede government efforts to reform healthcare practices.
- Traditional medical priorities may persist, limiting broader health policy goals.