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| Author: | Kurunmaki, L. Lapsley, I. Melia, K. |
| Title: | Accountingization v. Legitimation: a Comparative Study of the Use of Accounting Information in Intensive Care |
| Journal: | Management Accounting Research
2003 : JUN, VOL. 14:2, p. 112-139 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING HEALTH RATIONING COUNTRY COMPARISONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This is a comparative study of management accounting in intensive care units in the UK and Finland. The management accounting problems of health care in many countries are well documented in the literature (difficulties of budgetary implementation: non-integration of health care professionals into the financial management process). This study examines these issues in the situation of intensive care, where there are difficul ethical decisions to be made by health care professionals in a climate of rapid medical advance where financial constraints may lead to rationing of health care. This paper reveals commonalities between these two countries in terms of intensive care problems, but there are differences, too, which can be attributed to contrasts in management accounting practices in the two countries. |
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