International comparison of public sector performance: The use of anchoring vignettes to adjust self-reported data

Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-101

  Rice, Nigel ^a   Robone, Silvana ^a   Smith, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Health system performance; Responsiveness; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349127142     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389009350127     Document Type: Article

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