Much of this has to do with the related attributes of cost, timeliness, quantity, and disposability.
Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys and death certificates to gather information on chronic diseases but these sources are limited by cost, timeliness, limited clinical detail and/or poor population coverage.
The aim was to demonstrate the feasibility (including cost, timeliness, and compliance) of an SMS-based approach to improve data reporting and feedback of key indicators, thus supporting the management of the roll out of RDTs by Uganda's National Malaria Control Program.
Although the inherent bias in open, observational studies has limited their use in comparing treatments in epilepsy, they have several advantages over controlled trials, including lower cost, greater timeliness and inclusion of a broader range of patients.
Of course, this comes at a cost of timeliness, which may or may not be critical.
This would likely result in some cost to timeliness of data collection and would require enhanced training of meat inspectors.
If partners shy from audits, auditing resources – already strained by mandatory audit partner rotation – may become even scarcer, which the profession argues could further increase audit costs, reduce timeliness, discourage clients from paying auditors, and possibly drive some audit firms out of business.
Scobie et al. [16] reported the following measurement items of healthcare service quality: accessibility, tangibles, efficient costs, values, timeliness, policy and implementation to improve quality, understanding the expected value of customers, and capabilities of the hospital.
Efforts to enhance the predictive value of syndromic surveillance will be offset by costs in timeliness and sensitivity, and defining the right balance in practice, particularly in the absence of an accurate assessment of bioterrorism risk, will be essential.
The report said new technology will boost efficiency, reduce cost and increase timeliness.
Service providers have also replaced certain 'services' with 'products,' further reducing cost and promoting timeliness (e.g. subscription legislative and regulatory updates).
