Games People Play: Lessons on Performance Measure Gaming from New Zealand; Comment on “Gaming New Zealand’s Emergency Department Target: How and Why Did It Vary Over Time and Between Organisations?”

For decades, observers have noted that gaming of performance measurement appears to be both endemic and endlessly creative. A recent study by Tenbensel and colleagues provides a detailed look at gaming of a health system performance measure—emergency department (ED) wait time —within four hospitals...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lisa M. Lines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3781_dedf0fec939998371bcbb5e799927b56.pdf