Purpose–The use of the balanced scorecard has been subject to increasing scrutiny and
criticism in academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to explore the limitations of, and …

Background: Composite indices of healthcare performance are an aggregation of underlying
individual performance measures. They are increasingly being used to rank healthcare …

In March 2004 the Department of Health commissioned a research team from the Centre for
Health Economics at the University of York and the National Institute for Economic and …

The NHS in the UK has recently adopted a new Performance Assessment Framework (PAF),
aiming to provide a broader view of performance within the NHS. The PAF is not only a multi …

There exist several dimensions along which health system performance might be measured,
and numerous indicators of performance have been proposed. Many such indicators do …

Proposal for a Page 1 Performance Measurement Systems in Health and Mental Health
Services: Models, Practices and Effectiveness A State of the Science Review Submitted to: The …

Although composite indicators are widely used to inform health system performance
comparisons, such measures typically embed contentious assumptions, for instance about …

The primary purpose of this study was to create composite indices (also referred to as
'indices') in seven areas of health and healthcare:(1) prevention and screening,(2) healthy …

It seems that the whole world is suddenly talking about measuring the performance of health
systems. Last month the World Health Organization published its findings from a …

English This article examines the three 'moments' of health policy discourse under New
Labour. It contends that, since 1997, there have been two significant changes: the first from …