Comparing health system performance assessment and management approaches in the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada

BackgroundGiven the proliferation and the growing complexity of performance measurement initiatives in many health systems, the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada expressed interests in cross-national comparisons in an effort to promote knowledge transfer and best practise. To support this cross-national learning, a study was undertaken to compare health system performance approaches in The Netherlands with Ontario, Canada.MethodsWe explored the performance assessment framework and system of each constituency, the embeddedness of performance data in management and policy processes, and the interr... Mehr ...