Choosing appropriate policy instruments is an important part of successful regulation. Once
objectives are agreed and suitable targets adopted, policy-makers can employ command …

Functionality and feedback: a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation
of patient-reported outcome mea Page 1 Northumbria Research Link Citation: Greenhalgh …

In the 2000s, governments in the UK, particularly in England, developed a system of
governance of public services that combined targets with an element of terror. This has …

Complex multivariate testing problems are frequently encountered in many scientific
disciplines, such as engineering, medicine and the social sciences. As a result, modern …

This paper reports cross-national data concerning back or neck pain comorbidity with mental
disorders. We assessed (a) the prevalence of chronic back/neck pain,(b) the prevalence of …

To what extent did the extensive system of managing public services by targets, introduced
by Tony Blair's New Labour government in the United Kingdom in 1998, reproduce the …

Composite indicators aggregate a set of variables by using weights which are understood to
reflect the variables' importance in the index. We propose to measure the importance of a …

This is a report about the use and misuse of citation data in the assessment of scientific
research. The idea that research assessment must be done using" simple and objective" …

It is unclear whether differences exist in the prevalence of mood, anxiety and alcohol use
disorders among persons with multiple pain conditions compared with those with single pain …

We evaluate a theory of the effects of publishing performance information on citizens'
collective voice to local providers about public service performance and the perceptions and …