Rethinking the concept of value in health care practices: critical insights from three inquiries

Situated within the (critical) management field, this thesis explores the notion of value and it unpacks this theoretical category by approaching the concept through three perspectives, which are illuminating of different facets of the notion of value. In this light, the thesis aims to contribute to the debate on value creation within the health care system by presenting different overviews on the concept in order to provide an understanding of the concept of value. The thesis is a collection of three articles which examine different aspects of the notion of value and that deal with different levels of analysis (macro-level, meso-level and micro-level) within the health care sector. The intention of the doctoral research thus is to focus on the concept of value and the way in which this concept is adopted and debated within the heath care sector.