McCormick J S
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1981 May;31(226):299-302.
This paper proposes that doctors need to accept the technical meaning of terms used in economics such as effectiveness, efficiency, cost, input, process, cost benefit and outcome. The usefulness of these terms is discussed, with examples, and it is agreed that effectiveness and efficiency are best examined by those whose behaviour must alter as a result of the analysis.
本文提出,医生需要接受经济学中使用的术语的技术含义,如有效性、效率、成本、投入、过程、成本效益和结果。文中通过实例讨论了这些术语的实用性,并一致认为,有效性和效率最好由那些其行为必须因分析而改变的人来审视。