Open AccessPublic services performance
Author(s) -
Sibieta Luke,
Simpson Helen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
oxonomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1752-5209
pISSN - 1752-5195
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-5209.2008.00018.x
Subject(s) - productivity , public sector , public spending , public health , business , public economics , health services , economics , economic growth , political science , medicine , environmental health , nursing , economy , politics , population , law
Spending on public services in the UK – notably health and education – has risen strongly since 2000. But assessing what this has delivered is not straightforward. This article discusses difficulties in measuring the output of public sector services and provides evidence on recent trends in the output and productivity of the health and education sectors.