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efficacy | American Dictionary

efficacy
noun[ U ]
us/ˈef·ɪ·kə·si/
the quality of being effective; effectiveness:
The drug's efficacy has been questioned by consumer advocates.

Examples of efficacy

efficacy
The calibration group is not a traditional control group in that no formal comparison of efficacy is made between the experimental and calibration control arms.
The efficacy of an antidementia drug is measured through various outcome assessment scales and psychometric tests.
The tocopherol arm was continued but eventually failed to show efficacy.
Efficacy and tolerability of twice-daily pregabalin for treating pain and related sleep interference in postherpetic neuralgia: a 13-week, randomized trial.
All of these trials were based on evidence of potential efficacy in animal or in vitro models.
Efficacy of high-dose glycine in the treatment of enduring negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
A final efficacy finding of note was the beneficial effect of both ziprasidone and olanzapine on cognitive function.
Optimal vaccine trial design when estimating vaccine efficacy for susceptibility and infectiousness from multiple populations.
Although numerous attempts have been made to assess treatment efficacy, published results are still the subject of controversy [39, 40].
The first type of argument is based on law's efficacy; the second on law's normativity.
Judges were not to evaluate the wisdom or efficacy of legislative enactments, nor were they to balance competing public and private interests.
The report makes it clear that there are serious limitations to the current evidence on the efficacy of the housing-with-care model.
In addition, low objective and subjective efficacy was found to promote docile behaviour.
Interestingly, it shows that objective and subjective efficacy play important mediating roles.
High objective and subjective efficacy contributes partly to a lower level of depressive symptomatology via the promotion of a proactive style of behaviour.
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efficacy

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causal efficacy
The created power in humans, however, has no causal efficacy.
clinical efficacy
There is close correlation between plasma concentration of parvaquone and clinicalefficacy.
evidence of efficacy
Caution is needed in separating the politico-social agenda of rationing and true evidenceofefficacy with pain treatments.
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