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efficacy and effectiveness

Portuguese translation: eficácia e efetividade

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English term or phrase:efficacy and effectiveness
Portuguese translation:eficácia e efetividade
Entered by: Daisymiller

23:27 Apr 6, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: efficacy and effectiveness
"Effectiveness refers to the extent to which the
intervention in question produces the intended effects (Maxwell 1992; Witter
and Ensor 1997).
Efficiency, in contrast, refers to the extent to which objectives
are achieved by minimizing the use of resources (WHO 2000).
...
Efficacy constitutes for the individuals in a defined
population the probable benefit of a given medical technique for a specific
medical problem, in ideal circumstances, and as such is a rather more limited
element of effectiveness."
Daisymiller
Local time: 07:41
eficácia e efetividade
Explanation:
A classic translation pitfall. One of the first Brazilian articles to address it in a medical context (1983):
http://books.google.com/books?id=TZl4K-8Lom4C&pg=PA121
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 03:41
Grading comment
muito obrigada. penso que esta resposta se adapta muito bem ao artigo em questão
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6eficácia e efetividade
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
4eficácia e permanência
Marcos Antonio


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
eficácia e efetividade


Explanation:
A classic translation pitfall. One of the first Brazilian articles to address it in a medical context (1983):
http://books.google.com/books?id=TZl4K-8Lom4C&pg=PA121

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Local time: 03:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 160
Grading comment
muito obrigada. penso que esta resposta se adapta muito bem ao artigo em questão

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agree  imatahan
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  -> Obrigado, Isabel!
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Salvador!
agree  Jorge Soares
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  -> Muito obrigado!
agree  Ana Mafalda Costa
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
eficácia e permanência


Explanation:
Diria assim, considerando que se trata da "extent" dos efeitos

- efetivo (Michaellis)
adj (lat effectivu) 1 Real, verdadeiro. 2 Que produz efeito; que tem efeito; eficaz. 3 Que não tem interrupção; permanente:

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 03:41
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