Roper W L, Mays G P
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2000 Sep;6(5):66-77. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200006050-00010.
The use of scientific methods for examining performance in the field of public health has lagged behind comparable efforts in medical practice. Accomplishments in other health care settings demonstrate that performance measurement systems can, if pursued rigorously and systematically, advance scientific knowledge and enhance the production of information to support improvements in public health practice. Numerous conceptual and methodological issues need to be addressed in order to use public health performance measurement processes for scientific inquiry. Nonetheless, the reward for careful analytic work in this area will be an expanding body of evidence to inform policy and administrative decision making in public health.
在公共卫生领域，运用科学方法来检验绩效的工作一直落后于医学实践中的类似努力。其他医疗环境中的成果表明，如果严格且系统地推行绩效评估体系，它能够推动科学知识的进步，并提高信息产出，以支持公共卫生实践的改进。为了将公共卫生绩效评估过程用于科学探究，需要解决众多概念和方法上的问题。尽管如此，在这一领域进行细致分析工作的回报将是形成越来越多的证据，为公共卫生领域的政策和行政决策提供依据。
