Performance measurement to drive improvements in healthcare practice

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1623-1651

  Elg, Mattias ^a   Broryd, Klara Palmberg ^a   Kollberg, Beata ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Improvement; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888598912     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-07-2010-0208     Document Type: Article

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