Configuring balanced scorecards for measuring health system performance: Evidence from 5 years' evaluation in Afghanistan

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Edward, Anbrasi ^a   Kumar, Binay ^b   Kakar, Faizullah ^c   Salehi, Ahmad Shah ^d   Burnham, Gilbert ^a   Peters, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c WHO Afghanistan Country Office   (Afghanistan)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BALANCED SCORECARD; CHILD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREND STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

AFGHANISTAN; BENCHMARKING; CONTRACT SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79960907499     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001066     Document Type: Article

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