The use of multilevel performance indicators in managing performance in health care organizations

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 760-770

  Lemieux Charles, Louise ^a   Mcguire, Wendy ^a   Barnsley, Jan ^a   Cole, Donald ^a   Champagne, François ^b   Sicotte, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services sector; Organizational performance; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031677     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310496279     Document Type: Article

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