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Table 4 The main themes and subthemes of the study

From: Hospital governance accountability structure: a scoping review

Main themes

Subthemes

inclusive governance

Hospital board (of trustee, governance, or director) [1, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52]

Committees [26, 46, 52,53,54]

Medical staff [1, 26, 44, 45, 48, 50, 51, 55,56,57]

Nurse representative [50, 51, 54, 58]

Community representative [47, 49, 50, 55, 59, 60]

Commitment to accountability

clinical accountability [52, 61, 62]

Financial accountability [44,45,46, 48, 52, 61, 63]

Social and Political accountability [45, 46, 52, 61, 64]

Planning for accountability

Accountability plan [43, 48, 58, 65,66,67]

Clear report line [44, 47, 50, 52, 55, 67]

Independent governance

Decentralized [26, 46, 52]

Autonomous [36, 52, 57, 68, 69]

Hybrid governance [47, 52, 54, 55, 69]