title: A new approach for assessment of IT programs in health care.
abstract: The efficiency of health care programs, on the level of a community, results not only from reducing hospitalization or drugs costs but also from the number of days of health and life gained. This gain can be estimated in monetary terms if we accept that, at least partially, the Gross Domestic Product results from the human activity. In the Center for Health Information and Statistics, Ministry of Health Bucharest. Romania, a methodology based on these premises was developed and non-officially used in assessment of several health programs. In this paper, the core of this methodology, as well as some applications are shown.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Information and Statistics, Ministry of Health, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Farcaş
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cristea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ripanu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oprişan
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012383:Romania; D012984:Software