The increasing availability of statistical data raises opportunities for 'big'data and learning
analytics. Here, we review the academic literature and research relating to the use of big …

Background Health systems are increasingly implementing policy-driven programs to
incentivize performance using contracts, scorecards, rankings, rewards, and penalties …

The main goal of this article is to define the characteristics of and to evaluate the three
selected models used to measure the performance of public administration bodies, with an …

Public expenditure in most parts of the world increased rapidly after 1945, as the 'welfare
state'in its various forms became widespread. However, by the early 1980s, budget deficits …

This article looks at performance information use by legislators at the central level in a
budgetary context. The multi‐method approach (interviews, quantitative and qualitative …

Over the last decade, the development of cognitive and behavioural sciences has
determined the diffusion of the concept and methodology of behavioural insights into social …

Agencification is the creation of semi-autonomous agencies: organizations charged with
public tasks like policy implementation, regulation, and public service delivery, operating at …

Although in many public organizations politicians sitting in governing boards are
responsible for ratifying the organization's strategic plan and monitoring its implementation …

Results: We found that the strength of formal and informal organisational relationships at the
local level were critical conditions for implementation success, and that while fidelity to the …

Purpose In 2016, New Zealand's Ministry of Health introduced the System Level Measures
Framework which marked a departure from health targets and pay-for-performance …