Efficiency is the extent to which an organization, policy, program or initiative is producing its planned outputs in relation to expenditure on resources.
These include metabolic characteristics [ 51, 52, 56], physical inactivity [ 57– 59], habitual energy intake in relation to expenditure, and macronutrient composition of the diet [ 60– 60].
Spain jumps ahead of all but the Netherlands when the number of grants is expressed in relation to national expenditures for research.
Therefore, an approach that is easier to interpret is simply to compare the interest expense paid on the national debt outstanding in relation to the expenditures that are made for specific governmental services such as education, defense and transportation.
The importance of medication in relation to total expenditure could be related to structural problems of healthcare system in Brazil.
She added: "Wings Over Scotland failed to deliver invoices and receipts in relation to campaign expenditure returns for the Scottish independence referendum.
And yet another audit office report published two months ago says the same problems remain, and that the Slipper judgment "highlighted that... it is very difficult for the standards of accountability... to be effectively applied in relation to entitlements expenditure by parliamentarians".
This type of argument format was quite usual in the Finnish documents where, the various ethical and legal issues were discussed on their merits and relevance in relation to public expenditure, as well as commercial potential (cf. Tupasela 2008).
