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Comparing How to Compare: An Evaluation of Alternative Performance Measurement Systems in the Field of Social Care

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Comparative performance evaluation has taken different forms depending upon the purposes of performance monitoring and the types of measures available. This paper investigates the different performance measurement systems in place in the social care setting, in particular for older people receiving community care services. In England, earlier systems to assist performance management within organizations have been eclipsed by national systems of regulation with top— down implementation of standards and measures. In Northern Ireland, by contrast, organizations have been compared descriptively without the use of national targets. Internationally, in Japan, organizations arranging similar services have had more local information available collected in a bottom—up fashion with greater employment of service user-level data. These differences in performance evaluation are located within an analytical framework permitting comparisons of system design and the use of measures. Conclusions are drawn concerning the breadth of evidence available for successfully monitoring service provision in this setting.

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Evaluation

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Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publication., 2010

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English

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13563890

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Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2010. pp. 59-79

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institutional perspective
Social Care
Performance evaluation
Local management
Comparing How to Compare

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