Metrics, Targets and Performance

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-92

  Stevens, Philip Andrew ^a   Stokes, Lucy ^b   O'mahony, Mary ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute Trusts; Productivity; Public sector performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992806470     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950106070037     Document Type: Article

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