词义辨析

Efficacy & effectiveness

Efficacy is what a drug can do; effectiveness is how it works in the real world, and right now we have a large efficacy–effectiveness gap,”¹

1. Makin S. The emerging world of digital therapeutics. Nature. 2019 Sep;573(7775):S106-S109. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02873-1. PMID: 31554990. ↩