Title

The corporatisation of public hospital services in Hong Kong: a possible public choice explanation

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1994

DOI

10.1080/02598272.1994.10800292

Abstract

This article examines the official explanation for the establishment of the Hospital Authority. It questions the altruistic motives of the government and points out that the reforms recently undertaken in the area of public hospital services could have been carried out at a much lower cost without corporatisation. It analyses the motives of the various key actors in the formation of the Hospital Authority using the public choice approach. Based on available evidence, it concludes that the corporatisation policy was the result of cooperation among proximate policy-makers motivated mainly by self-interest.

Source Publication

Asian Journal of Public Administration

Volume Number

16

Issue Number

2

First Page

165

Last Page

181

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