Gaming, Accountability and Trust: DRGs and Activity-Based Funding in Norway

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-79

  Lægreid, Per ^a   Neby, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research Stein Rokkan Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accountability; DRGs; Gaming; Performance management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953791909     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12080     Document Type: Article

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