Hospital investment policy in France : Pathways to efficiency and the efficiency of the pathways

Isabelle Guerrero , Philippe Mossé (1) , Vaughan Rogers

1 LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail

This article examines the ambivalent notion of New Public Management as applied to health policy in France, by investigating the implementation of the efficiency-driven hospital investment plan, Hôpital 2012, conceived at national level, but implemented through regional hospital authorities (ARHs), with formal responsibility for selecting successful funding applications.

Mots clés: health care reform; hospital investment; new public management; policy implementation

Mots clés: soin de santé; politique de santé; établissement hospitalier; service public

Domaines: Sociologie

Isabelle Guerrero, Philippe Mossé, Vaughan Rogers. Hospital investment policy in France : Pathways to efficiency and the efficiency of the pathways. Health Policy, 2009, 93 (1), pp.35-40. ⟨halshs-00404293⟩