A performance measurement framework combining DEA and balanced scorecard for the UK health sector

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-278

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a   Ramanathan, Usha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecards; BSCs; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Healthcare hospitals; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053930496     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2011.042916     Document Type: Article

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