Parameters Used by the World Health Organization to Define Health Care Efficiency
| Parameter | How Parameter Is Defined |
|---|---|
| Population health | Complex calculation that incudes life expectancy, newborn and maternal mortality, health-related quality of life, and other determinants of health |
| Health inequalities | Differences in the health status or distribution of health determinants between population subgroups |
| System responsiveness | Timely care |
| Safeguarding rights of patients | |
| Attracting the public to seek care | |
| Distribution of system responsiveness | Differences in the measures of system responsiveness between population subgroups |
| Fair financing | Ensuring that poor households do not pay a higher share of their discretionary expenditures on health care than do richer households |
| Protecting all households against catastrophic financial losses related to ill health |
Information from Tandon et al.1