Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.

Introduction: federal performance measurement -- Setting the stage: third parties, fiscal federalism, and accountability -- Performance measurement as political and administrative reform -- Performance as grants to third party service providers: the Health Resources and Services Administration -- Performance as the provision of health financial security: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Performance as grants to third-party research providers: the National Institutes of Health -- Measuring the health performance of sovereign tribes as third parties: the Indian Health Services -- Performance as regulation: the Food and Drug Administration -- Measuring performance and results in theory and practice -- After Government Performance and Results Act : performance measurement, performance budgeting and performance management.

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