Accounting and the emergence of care pathways in the National Health Service

Gebreiter, Florian

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of New Public Management reforms on the information infrastructure underpinning the work of public service professionals. Focussing on the case of the British National Health Service (NHS), the paper argues that hospital accounting reforms played a significant role in the emergence of standardised models of clinical practice. The paper moreover argues that, under the label ‘care pathways’, such standardised models of clinical practice became embedded in the information infrastructure of the NHS and concludes by discussing their implications for the work of doctors and hospital accountants.

Citation

Gebreiter, F. (2017). Accounting and the emergence of care pathways in the National Health Service. Financial Accountability and Management, 33(3), 299 – 310. https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12126

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 12, 2017
• Publication Date: Jul 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 20, 2024
• Journal: Financial Accountability and Management
• Print ISSN: 0267-4424
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0408
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 299 – 310
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12126
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2860349
• Additional Information: This article is open access via the publisher's website at https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12126