N (%) | |
Papers included (n) | 87 |
Balanced Scorecards described (n)* | 87 |
Year of Publication (n=87 papers) | |
1995–1999 | 7 (8) |
2000–2004 | 21 (24) |
2005–2009 | 18 (21) |
2010–2014 | 27 (31) |
2015–2019 | 13 (15) |
2020 | 1 (1) |
Countries represented (n=87 papers) | >26 |
World regions represented (n=87 papers) | |
Africa: Ethiopia, Zambia | 2 (2) |
Americas: Brazil, Canada, USA | 48 (55) |
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan | 20 (23) |
Europe: Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, ‘Europe Region’† | 15 (17) |
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand | 2 (2) |
Geographic scope of scorecard (n=87 scorecards) | |
Multinational (2 or more countries) | 3 (3) |
National | 11 (13) |
Multiple locations/regions within a country | 5 (6) |
Regional | 21 (24) |
Local (applied within a single hospital/health centre) | 47 (54) |
Organisation or facility type where scorecard developed/implemented (n=87 scorecards) | |
Hospital(s)/health centre(s) | 36 (41) |
Inpatient unit/clinical service within a hospital | 11 (13) |
Department (academic/specialist group for example, department of anaesthesia or family practice) | 10 (11) |
Health Region (publicly administered healthcare within a region of a country, that is, provincial) | 8 (9) |
Diagnostic specific healthcare services (defined by a specific patient population) | 7 (8) |
Integrated healthcare system (organisation providing comprehensive healthcare services) | 6 (7) |
National health system (National/Federal health system) | 5 (6) |
Community-based clinics (primary care in a community-based setting) | 4 (5) |
*Some papers that described an initiative that resulted in the development of >1 BSC: 2 resulted in 3 BSCs and 1 resulted in the development of 5 BSCs.
†Scorecard implemented in 15 unnamed countries within Europe.
BSC, balanced scorecard.