Indeed, the costs of goods and services consumed, the types and quantities of resources, and medical practices vary from one country to another and within an individual country.
However, although practical in theory, these schemes become impossible to implement in a microarchitecture, as the complexity of the required control logic would consume large quantities of resources and the design would fail to achieve an adequate clock frequency.
The advantage of clinical studies is that the quantities of resources and effectiveness data can be collected simultaneously.
Many studies failed to describe clearly how they measured and valued costs and did not provide details on type and quantities of resources and their price, which limits the possibility of replicating the evaluation in other settings.
Utilizing the organization's capability to source large quantities of resources and supplies quickly, UNICEF Zambia procured chlorine and insecticide-treated mosquito nets for immediate distribution to areas such as Kanyama and sourced resources to assist the city of Lusaka in pumping water from flooded areas.
Drummond [7] pointed also to the negative variations that are reflected on the two fundamental quantities: consumption of resources and state of health.
Fifth, it provides useful information about the types and quantity of resources used and identifies possible sources of cost reduction, while maintaining the quality of services provided.
This type of care may be considered to be directly affected by the presence and quantity of resources available, and is distinct from individual physicians' skill or experience.
According to Coelli [32], where DMUs are given a fixed quantity of resources (inputs) and asked to produce as much output as possible, an output orientation is more appropriate.
When we have completed the prospective collection of data from participants, practices and hospitals on NHS resources consumed we shall use these data to estimate both the quantity of resources consumed and complement this with the unit cost of each resource.
