Keith D M, Keith L, McCarthy C A
J Reprod Med. 1977 Aug;19(2):95-9.
A review of life cycle and operation support costestimating capabilities in the health care industry shows few models that discuss total ownership costs for major items, let alone for some expensive minor ones. As yet, no data collection system exists wthat will provide total costs of acquisitions. There is a clear need for the health industry to focus greater attention on life cycle costs of medical equipment. This is particularly pertinent to those physicians responsible for medical equipment acquisition programs. The industry must evaluate the impact of life cycle costs and make such evaluations available to decision makers. The purpose of this paper is to improve the visibility and accuracy of cost estimating by examining the elements of life cycle costs.
对医疗保健行业生命周期及运营支持成本估算能力的一项综述表明，很少有模型讨论主要项目的总拥有成本，更不用说一些昂贵的次要项目了。目前，还不存在能提供购置总成本的数据收集系统。医疗行业显然需要更加关注医疗设备的生命周期成本。这对负责医疗设备采购项目的医生尤为重要。该行业必须评估生命周期成本的影响，并将此类评估结果提供给决策者。本文的目的是通过研究生命周期成本的要素，提高成本估算的透明度和准确性。
