When an intervention is applied to community to evaluate its usefulness, it is termed as a trial for –
Correct Answer: Effectiveness
Description: EVALUATION OF HEALTH SERVICES:
Efficacy: Is the effect or usefulness of an agent/ drug/ vaccine under ideal ‘controlled laboratory’ conditions
Effectiveness: Is the effect or usefulness of an agent/ drug/ vaccine in real life community situations
Efficiency: Is the measure of relationship between the results achieved and the effort expended in terms of money, resources and time
– Efficiency: Output/ Input
– Evaluation of efficiency:
1. Cost-benefit analysis: Both input as well as output is in monetary terms
2. Cost-effectiveness analysis: Input is in monetary terms whereas output is in terms of ‘no. of lives saved'.
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