A government is looking at assessing hospitals by reference to a range of both financial and non-financial factors, one of which is survival rates for heart by-pass operations and another is ‘cost per successfully treated patient’. Which of the three E’s in the ‘Value For Money’ framework is not measured here?
A、Economy
B、Effectiveness
C、Efficiency
D、Externality
A、Economy
B、Effectiveness
C、Efficiency
D、Externality
【参考答案及解析】
Reducing mortality rates is likely to be a stated objective of the hospital and as such is a measure of output, or effectiveness. Cost per patient is a measure of output related to input i.e. efficiency.
Reducing mortality rates is likely to be a stated objective of the hospital and as such is a measure of output, or effectiveness. Cost per patient is a measure of output related to input i.e. efficiency.