Theoretical Issues Relevant to the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies11We are grateful for comments from participants at the Handbook's authors’ workshop at Harvard University, and from David Epstein at the University of Granada, and Pedro Pita Barros at the Universidade Nova, Lisbon

Autor:	Peter C. Smith, David O. Meltzer
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Discounting Actuarial science Cost–benefit analysis business.industry Management science Economic evaluation Health care Equity (finance) Economics Health technology Time horizon Cost-effectiveness analysis business
DOI:	10.1016/b978-0-444-53592-4.00007-4
Popis:	Medical cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is perhaps the most widely applied tool to guide policy decisions concerning the use of health care resources. This chapter first reviews the rationale for and common practice of medical cost-effectiveness analysis. It seeks to place CEA within a conventional microeconomic framework. Methodological controversies in CEA are then discussed within this framework. They include: the decision-making perspective of the analysis; incorporating equity concerns; the treatment of joint costs and benefits; and the treatment of time horizon and discounting.
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