Apect of benefit | Criteria | Age | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
20-39 | 40+ | |||
Clinical | Lifesaving | 74 | 78 | 0.69 |
Quality of life improvement | 52 | 50 | 0.86 | |
Patients' functional improvement | 22 | 35 | 0.27 | |
Safety | 57 | 52 | 0.73 | |
Social | Serving a large population | 13 | 24 | 0.29 |
Serving a specific population within the hospital | 9 | 15 | 0.45 | |
Improving the serves to the patient | 39 | 57 | 0.17 | |
Patients' preference | 9 | 17 | 0.33 | |
Technological | Lack of effective alternative technology | 70 | 70 | 1 |
Completion of a technology already exists at the hospital | 27 | 22 | 0.69 | |
Innovation and Improving medical standards | 30 | 35 | 0.72 | |
Improving hospital reputation | 26 | 33 | 0.58 | |
Economical | Efficiency | 49 | 52 | 0.73 |
Manpower savings | 22 | 54 | 0.01 | |
Technology that requires a significant investment in infrastructure | 33 | 67 | 1 | |
Maintenance costs | 33 | 67 | 0.78 | |
Extented education | 33 | 67 | 0.02 |