Input versus output-based performance mesurement in the NHS – the current situation

Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 344-356

  Heavisides, Bob ^a   Price, Ilfryn ^b  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Health Service; Outsourcing; Performance measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076281     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005533     Document Type: Article

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