Methodological Instruments for Public Services Quality Improvement

Denitsa Gorchilova () and Evgenia Delcheva ()
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Denitsa Gorchilova: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Evgenia Delcheva: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Economic Alternatives, 2015, issue 2, 34-49

Abstract: The article presents the main findings from a theoretical and empirical research on the instruments for quality improvement applied by public services providers in Bulgaria. It is based on data from an empirical study of 161 healthcare and educational institutions that are publicly owned or/and publicly funded. National and internal quality standards, accreditation and international quality standards turn out to be the most widely applied instruments for quality improvement. At the same time public sector specific instruments for quality improvement like Common Assessment Framework and Model of Excellence are nearly unknown and not applied in Bulgaria

Keywords: Education; instruments; quality; public services; health care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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