Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis: a Guide to Resource Allocation
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چکیده
The focus of health services in NSW has shifted from efficiency defined in terms of outputs to maximising health outcomes. The purpose of the health system is to deliver better health rather than more health services, and goals and targets for improving health are being determined for the main health problem areas. If the vision of a health system oriented towards achieving the best possible health for the people of NSW is to be fulfilled, shifts of resources will have to occur. For improvements in health outcomes to become the main focus of the system at all levels, it must be recognised that changes will be achieved through marginal shifts rather than revolutions. To achieve this, appropriate incentives must be provided. Better health is a longterm outcome, so success will have to be measured in the shorter term by monitoring intermediate objectives for which there is evidence of a relationship to improved health.
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