Scorecards for health system performance assessment: The New Zealand example

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 200-208

  Gauld, Robin ^a   Al wahaibi, Suhaila ^a   Chisholm, Johanna ^a   Crabbe, Rebecca ^a   Kwon, Boomi ^a   Oh, Timothy ^a   Palepu, Raja ^a   Rawcliffe, Nic ^a   Sohn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access; Efficiency; Equity; Health system performance; New Zealand; Quality; Scorecard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SCORECARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80255132750     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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