Making performance indicators work: The experience of using consensus indicators for external assessment of health and social services at regional level in Spain

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-103

  Hilarion, Pilar ^a,b   Suñol, Rosa ^a,b   Groene, Oliver ^a,b   Vallejo, Paula ^a,b   Herrera, Elisabeth ^a,b   Saura, Rosa Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consensus indicators; External assessment; Pay for performance; Performance assessment; Social care; Spain

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPAIN;

EID: 61849136115     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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