Hybrid Coordination for Coping with the Medical Surge from theCOVID-19 Pandemic:Paired AssistancePrograms in China

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Hu, Qian; Zhang, Haibo; Kapucu, Naim; Chen, Wu
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; Nanjing University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13253
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 895-901
• 关键词: network governance; management; CRISIS; leadership

摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to public health care systems and demands intergovernmental coordination to cope with the resulting medical surge. This essay analyzes the operation of Paired Assistance Programs (PAPs) in China, offering a timely comparative case for researchers and practitioners to examine when reflecting on the classic debate over the hierarchical versus network approaches to coordination in emergency management. PAPs highlight the importance of network management and necessity of institutionalizing mechanisms of governance to facilitate coordination within multilevel response systems.