Reinhardt U E
Health Serv Res. 1973 Fall;8(3):200-27.
Probably in response to the often alleged physician shortage in this country, concerted research efforts are under way to identify technically feasible opportunities for manpower substitution in the production of ambulatory health care. The approaches range from descriptive studies of the effect of task delegation on output of medical services to rigorous mathematical modeling of health care production by means of linear or continuous production functions. In this article the distinct methodological approaches underlying mathematical models are presented in synopsis, and their inherent strengths and weaknesses are contrasted. The discussion includes suggestions for future research directions.
可能是为了应对该国经常被提及的医生短缺问题，目前正在开展协同研究工作，以确定在门诊医疗服务生产中进行人力替代的技术上可行的机会。这些方法涵盖从对任务委托对医疗服务产出的影响的描述性研究，到借助线性或连续生产函数对医疗保健生产进行严格的数学建模。本文简要介绍了数学模型所基于的不同方法论方法，并对比了它们固有的优缺点。讨论内容还包括对未来研究方向的建议。
