PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J. S. McCormick
TI  - Effectiveness and efficiency
DP  - 1981 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 299--302
VI  - 31
IP  - 226
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/226/299.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/226/299.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 May 01; 31
AB  - 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.