Spitzer W O, Roberts R S, Delmore T
Can Med Assoc J. 1976 Jun 19;114(12):1099-102.
The new Utilization and Financial Index (UF-Index) was developed to measure the economic effects of deployment of new health professionals or of other changes in the provision of health services. By means of several steps, information on concurrent use of various categories of health service is converted into a single quantitative index. The index has been used to evaluate the financial effects of introduction of nurse practitioners into primary care practices by means of two complementary studies.
新的利用与财务指数(UF指数)旨在衡量新的卫生专业人员部署或卫生服务提供方面的其他变化所产生的经济影响。通过几个步骤,将各类卫生服务同时使用情况的信息转化为一个单一的量化指数。该指数已通过两项补充研究用于评估将执业护士引入初级保健实践所产生的财务影响。