The Dysfunctional Side Effects of Quantitative Indicator Production: Illustration from Mental Health Care (A Message from Chicken Little.).

Ginsberg, Pauline E.

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Dysfunctional Side Effects of Quantitative Indicator Production: Illustration from Mental Health Care (A Message from Chicken Little.)

Ginsberg, Pauline E.

Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, v7 n1 p1-12 1984

Premature application of quantitative indicators formerly used for individual assessment and research to bureaucratic decision making can produce side effects that are dysfunctional in nature. In order to illustrate this phenomenon, the author reviews a general literature and utilizes examples form mental health care. (Author/BW)

Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Legislation, Mental Health Programs, Program Administration, Program Evaluation, Statistical Data

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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