Title :
Numbers, Governance, Health: A Norwegian Case of Statistics and Documentation Production
Author :
Tondel, G. ; Saetnan, A.R.
Abstract :
This paper follows the documents (texts, numbers) of a statistics system called IPLOS. IPLOS is intended to coordinate, control, standardize and stabilize municipal care services in Norway and generate statistical knowledge about the clients. We follow the production of IPLOS numbers, their movements through the interlocking organizations, and how IPLOS is understood, used, and interacts with service delivery. We find that rather than IPLOS numbers stabilizing the organization, the organization de-stabilizes the numbers.
Keywords :
document handling; public administration; statistical analysis; IPLOS numbers; Norwegian case; documentation production; interlocking organizations; service delivery; statistical knowledge; statistics system; Documentation; Interviews; Medical services; Organizations; Production; Registers; Standards organizations; Documentation; Norway; coordination of practice; governance; health and care services; statistics;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5933-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2013.419
