Efficacy--appropriateness
Baldasseroni, A.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 36(4): 303-307
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 25558725 Document Number: 673783
I discuss the meaning and differences between the Appropriateness and Efficacy in the prevention of occupational risks and damage. It is argued that to be "appropriate" an intervention should be suitable, keeping with the circumstances, while the intervention that achieves the goal is "effective". In practice, the appropriateness is very used in the field of clinical medicine, with reference to the treatment, while in the prevention it is usual to use with greater frequency the term of effectiveness.