Analyzing the Operation of Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services

• Main Author: Camm, Frank (auth)
• Other Authors: Stecher, Brian M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2010
• Subjects: Management decision making; Public health & preventive medicine; Health Sciences; Law; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report describes a framework used to organize available empirical information on one form of performance-based management, a performance-based accountability system (PBAS), which identifies individuals or organizations that must change their behavior to improve an activity's performance, a...