...conferences, and reports of colleagues. Definition and assessment of efficacy Efficacy is the potential benefit to individuals in a defined population from...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. So defined, it is an abstract concept projecting the results that a technology...

...conferences, and reports of colleagues. Definition and assessment of efficacy Efficacy is the potential benefit to individuals in a defined population from...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. So defined, it is an abstract concept projecting the results that a technology...

...in the sense of the OTA report, Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Medical Technologies, namely, "the probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a^ medical technology for a given medical problem under average conditions of use." Just three long-used surgical procedures...

...Same as efficacy (see below) except that it refers to ". . . average conditions of use." Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. Fee-for-service: A method of paying for medical care on a retrospective basis...

...Disciplinary actions by State medical boards: See State medical boards' disciplinary actions. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. Explicit review: Review of the process of medical care using explicit criteria...

...solution by the differences in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. Efficient resource allocation: The allocation of resources among alternative...

...under ordinary circumstances by average practitioners for typical patients (Lohr, 1988). the health benefit to individuals in a defined population from...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use (Office of Technology Assessment, 1978; Institute of Medicine, 1985a). ?!|...

...± s ra 0> i- ra =5 ra E <D .a 1 According to Banta and colleagues (1981), efficacy is a measure of the probability of benefit to individuals in a defined...population from a medical technology applied for a The Effectiveness Initiative and Establishment of the Agency £ ® for Health Care Policy and Research...

...evolved over time, so have definitions and terminology. We take efficacy to be defined generically as "the probability of benefit to individuals in a...technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use" (13). In the case of diagnostic technologies, the term efficacy overlaps a...

...tuberculosis: Tuberculosis caused by tubercle bacilli that are sensitive to anti-TB drugs. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a health care technology applied for a given health problem under ideal conditions. Epidemiology: The...