All hospitals, with the exception of one that did not report data on outputs, were included in the study.
The widespread emphasis on outputs of marine conservation efforts is illustrated in the ongoing preoccupation with one of the internationally endorsed Aichi targets (Target 11, 10% of marine and coastal areas under protection).
"Targets encourage policy makers to focus on outputs and outcomes, rather than just inputs," said Gooda.
Manchester's pragmatic political culture is technocratic and focused on outputs rather than grandstanding.
"For the new stores," he said, "rather than focusing on outputs, like sales, we're much more focused on the inputs -- things like helping sellers work on things that matter to the customers".
But as explored extensively in the literature of public administration, a focus on outputs – like more police on the beat – can obscure more far-reaching outcomes like safer neighbourhoods, or healthy children.
Aid spending is going up and Mitchell has tried to ensure that his department focuses more on "outputs" (what Britain gets for its money) rather than just "inputs" (as Mitchell explained quite well in this interview).
Day trips to Maputo by Gordon Brown to announce $0.5bn [£309m] for education instead of being focused on outputs [and asking] how many schools do you build and how many teachers you train".
"We are focused not on exposure to content and activities for their own sake but on outputs" — what students can show they've learned.
Bill White, an outsourcing manager at DuPont, one of TPI's clients, argues that the relationship needs to be a partnership, concentrating on outputs rather than on inputs, as in a typical supplier relationship.What will companies outsource next?
"As housing minster a long time ago now, one of the conclusions I came to was that if you wanted to change the planning system you should do so with care because almost any change is likely to engender a period of uncertainty which would be extremely bad for confidence and probably have an adverse impact on outputs," he told the Town and Country Planning Association conference this week.
