Accountability for health sector performance: what does the New Zealand public want?

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 30-41

  Van Peursem, Karen A ^a   Pratt, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

accountability; Health report; New Zealand; performance measures; preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009543362     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbpm.2000.000077     Document Type: Article

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