title: Performance budgeting.
abstract: A performance budget is a budget for the activities of a cost center or organization. Performance budgeting evaluates performance in terms of goals for a variety of activities, rather than a single budgeted output level, such as patient days.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Finkler
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000379:methods*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016526:Workload