technical efficiency

technical efficiency

A term of art for the degree to which the production of a given output (product or service) reflects the least-possible input, material, cost or labour. Cost-effectiveness is a benchmark of technical efficiency.

technical efficiency

The extent to which the most appropriate technologies, e.g., MRI studies, are devoted to the solution of problems, such as the diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord, regardless of their economic costs or sociopolitical impact.