Understanding the context of balanced scorecard implementation: A hospital-based case study in Pakistan

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rabbani, Fauziah ^a,e   Lalji, Sabrina N H ^a   Abbas, Farhat ^a   Jafri, S M Wasim ^b   Razzak, Junaid A ^a   Nabi, Naheed ^b   Jahan, Firdous ^b   Ajmal, Agha ^a   Petzold, Max ^c   Brommels, Mats ^d   Tomson, Goran ^e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERVIEW; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PAKISTAN; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953165399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-31     Document Type: Article

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