Any hospital's success is dependent on the medical staff, administration, and governing body's attention to quality, availability, and affordability of needed services. A cooperative working relationship helps address tough issues. Physicians have been reluctant to incorporate practice efficiency into guidelines or into performance appraisals; however, not doing so places the hospital at risk and thus jeopardizes a community asset. The cost of care, limited financial resources, and the threat to future generations' access to care may drive the process. If evaluation of economic performance is to be successful, its application and limitations must be understood and embraced by medical staffs and governing bodies to ensure that fair and realistic criteria are developed that promote and preserve quality medical care for hospital patients today and in the future.
任何一家医院的成功都取决于医务人员、行政部门以及管理机构对所需服务的质量、可及性和可承受性的关注。合作的工作关系有助于解决棘手问题。医生一直不愿将医疗效率纳入指导方针或绩效考核中；然而，不这样做会使医院面临风险，从而危及一项社区资产。护理成本、有限的财政资源以及对后代获得医疗服务的威胁可能推动这一进程。如果要使经济绩效评估取得成功，医务人员和管理机构必须理解并接受其应用和局限性，以确保制定出公平且现实的标准，从而为现在和未来的医院患者促进并保持高质量的医疗护理。
