Inter-organizational cooperation in community health organizations: A competence-based perspective
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
ISSN: 0952-6862
Article publication date: 9 March 2015
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine various aspects related to inter-organizational cooperation and how this phenomenon can be applied to healthcare institutions.
Design/methodology/approach
To fulfil the aim, a qualitative investigation was adopted, focussing on the relationship between public hospital and a higher education institution in Portugal.
Practical implications
The study supports health managers and higher education leaders, and other stakeholders involved inter-organizational cooperation drawing up strategies and understanding inter-organizational cooperation’s impact at the regional level.
Originality/value
One contribution is to help fill a gap regarding the empirical research surrounding cooperation between organizations, especially in the health sector, where scientific studies are scarce. It also provides new insights by applying competence-based theory to analyze different approaches to hospital cooperation, which has received scant attention in the health sector.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments that contributed to the development of this paper. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from FCT and FEDER/COMPETE through grant PEst-C/EGE/UI4007/2013.
Citation
Franco, M. and Haase, H. (2015), "Inter-organizational cooperation in community health organizations: A competence-based perspective", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 193-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-07-2014-0081
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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