Ideas opposing the first view have been presented by many authors including Williams [43,44],
Carlsen and Norheim [45] and Lessard et al [46]. Lessard et al acknowledge the difficult decisions
the frontline clinicians are faced with on a daily basis. They are prone to pressure of time, management
of multiple goals while complying with principles of the Hippocratic Oath. However, this
situation should not prevent the medical practitioners to make use of evidence produced in EEs.
Lessard et al [46] support the idea ‘the real cost of any health decision is the health benefits
achievable in some other patient which have been forgone by committing the resources in question
to the first patient’ [45]. In this sense, a simple decision to prescribe a new drug or a lab test affects
the allocation of other health care resources. Thus, understanding the economic component of
decision-making may help practitioners comprehend why a new treatment promoted by a sales
representative is not available for a desperate patient in need of new alternatives. On another note,
decision analytic models in health care was first used for clinical decision-making and promoted by
medical doctors such as Beck and Pauker [47] and Sonnenberg and Beck [28]. This reinforces the
idea that economics, in health care for instance, is not about ‘cost per se’, but rather is about opportunity
cost. The latter applies both to costs and benefits. The broader picture is that using an
economic framework helps ensuring that health resources are allocated in an efficient way, especially
in medical practice.
Ideas opposing the first view have been presented by many authors including Williams [43,44],Carlsen and Norheim [45] and Lessard et al [46]. Lessard et al acknowledge the difficult decisionsthe frontline clinicians are faced with on a daily basis. They are prone to pressure of time, managementof multiple goals while complying with principles of the Hippocratic Oath. However, thissituation should not prevent the medical practitioners to make use of evidence produced in EEs.Lessard et al [46] support the idea ‘the real cost of any health decision is the health benefitsachievable in some other patient which have been forgone by committing the resources in questionto the first patient’ [45]. In this sense, a simple decision to prescribe a new drug or a lab test affectsthe allocation of other health care resources. Thus, understanding the economic component ofdecision-making may help practitioners comprehend why a new treatment promoted by a salesrepresentative is not available for a desperate patient in need of new alternatives. On another note,decision analytic models in health care was first used for clinical decision-making and promoted bymedical doctors such as Beck and Pauker [47] and Sonnenberg and Beck [28]. This reinforces theidea that economics, in health care for instance, is not about ‘cost per se’, but rather is about opportunitycost. The latter applies both to costs and benefits. The broader picture is that using aneconomic framework helps ensuring that health resources are allocated in an efficient way, especiallyin medical practice.
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