The Belgian Health System Performance Report 2012: Snapshot of results and recommendations to policy makers

Health Policy

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 133-140

  Vrijens, France ^a   Renard, Françoise ^b   Jonckheer, Pascale ^a   Van den Heede, Koen ^a   Desomer, Anja ^a   Van de Voorde, Carine ^a   Walckiers, Denise ^b   Dubois, Cécile ^a   Camberlin, Cécile ^a   Vlayen, Joan ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^b   Léonard, Christian ^a   Meeus, Pascal ^c  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV ISP IPH)   (Belgium)

^c National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI RIZIV NIHDI)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Benchmarking; Health system; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; BENCHMARKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84885185270     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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