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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is the single health authority for the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta Health Services delivers medical care on behalf of the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Health〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Alberta Health )〕 through 400 facilities throughout the province, including hospitals, clinics, continuing care facilities, mental health facilities and community health sites, while providing a variety of programs and services. AHS is the largest single health authority in Canada and is the largest employer in the province of Alberta as well as being the 5th largest single employer in Canada. Alberta Health Services is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. ==History== Alberta Health Services was created as a "superboard"〔Tories create health superboard. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=4b0743f0-2046-4b13-8be7-7e2e4ca7e10d〕 in May 2008 with the controversial abolition of the following regional health authorities: * Aspen Health Region * Calgary Health Region * Capital Health Region * Chinook Health Region * David Thompson Health Region * East Central Health Region * Northern Lights Health Region * Palliser Health Region * Peace Country Health Region as well as the following agencies: * Alberta Mental Health Board * Alberta Cancer Board * Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission〔Liepert, R. (2009). Provincial health structure: Alberta ''Health Innovation Report'' Fall, pp. 12–13 also at http://www.healthinnovationforum.org/2009/nov/01/recent-changes-health-structures-alberta/〕〔Philippon, D (2009). Health care system reorganization: expectations, approaches and impact ''Health Innovation Report'' Fall, pp. 44–49〕 Health services in Alberta have undergone several governance reorganization attempts in recent decades, with successively fewer separate public organizational entities.〔Philippon, D. J. and S. A. Wasylyshyn (1996). Health-care reform in Alberta. ''Canadian Public Administration'' 39(1): 70-84.〕〔Reay, T. and C. R. Hinings (2005). The Recomposition of an Organizational Field: Health Care in Alberta. ''Organization Studies'' 26(3): 351-384.〕〔Hinings, C. R., A. Casebeer, et al. (2003). Regionalizing Healthcare in Alberta: Legislated Change, Uncertainty and Loose Coupling ''British Journal of Management'' 14:S1(December): S15-S30.〕〔Casebeer, A., T. Reay, et al. (2006). Experiences of Regionalization: Assessing Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives across Time. ''Healthcare Quarterly'' 9(2): 32-43.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alberta Health Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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