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Outlining the factors without showing how they are measured is misleading. According to the WHO, the HSP (health system performance) is measured via: * measuri
by m0th87 17y ago
Outlining the factors without showing how they are measured is misleading. According to the WHO, the HSP (health system performance) is measured via:
* measuring the health system's contribution to socially desirable goals;
* measuring the health system and non-health system resources used to achieve these outcomes;
* estimating the efficiency with which the resources are used to attain these outcomes;
* evaluating the way the functions of the system influence observed levels of attainment and efficiency;
* designing and implementing policies to improve attainment and efficiency and monitoring the effect.
Check out http://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/about.htm http://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/about.htm
This is more or less directly concerned with measuring the performance of healthcare systems. It would, however, be completely fair to argue how effective this measure is, as it's very difficult to try to quantify something as complex as healthcare. That's why the WHO stopped making this index in 2000 apparently.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoHow have I mislead anyone? I simply described the components that make up the index. Since you seem to think I'm being misleading, I'll explain exactly how one is measured. Financial equality is given as: const x sum([pow(abs(marginal_cost(p) - average_marginal_cost),3) for p in people]) Does the specific formula used change the fact that financial fairness (25% of the index) is not health care effectiveness? The index simply does not measure the effectiveness of health care systems. At best, health care effectiveness is only one component of a broader index.