Innovation of Public Hospitals in Japan and Its Implications for Korea

일본의 공립병원 경영개혁을 통한 시사점 고찰

This study purports to learn the lessons from the managerial innovation of Japanese public hospitals. The performance of three innovation strategies of Japanese public hospitals, such as managerial efficiency, restucturing and networking, and rearrnagement of governance and ownership, were analyzed and its implications for Korea were discussed. Based upon it, several strategies for improving the performance of Korean public hospitals, were suggested.