Does type of hospital ownership influence physicians' daily work schedules? An observational real-time study in German hospital departments

• Main Authors: Schöffel Norman (Author), Quarcoo David (Author), Vitzthum Karin (Author), Scutaru Cristian (Author), Mache Stefanie (Author), Welte Tobias (Author), Klapp Burghard F (Author), Groneberg David A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During the last two decades the German hospital sector has been engaged in a constant process of transformation. One obvious sign of this is the growing amount of hospital privatization. To date, most research studies have focused on...