Performance measurement in response to the Tallinn Charter: Experiences from the decentralized Italian framework

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-66

  Carinci, Fabrizio ^a,c   Caracci, Gianni ^a   Di Stanislao, Francesco ^a,b   Moirano, Fulvio ^a  

^a Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c WHO Working Group for the Interim Report on the Implementation of the Tallinn Charter   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Governance; Health policy; Performance monitoring; Stewardship; Tallinn Charter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; SELF EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867333663     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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