The term ‘cost-effectiveness analysis’ properly
refers to an evaluation where the outcomes
are one-dimensional. Cost-effectiveness
analysis is therefore used in health economics
to compare the financial costs of therapies
whose outcomes can be measured purely in
terms of health effect (for example, years of
life saved, ulcers healed). For instance, if we
wanted to compare the use of a proton pump
inhibitor to relieve severe reflux oesophagitis
with the use of H2 blockers to achieve the
same end, we could calculate the costs per
patient relieved of symptoms for each
therapy. Cost-effectiveness analysis is the
most commonly applied form of economic
analysis in the heath economics literature,
and is frequently used in drug therapy.
However, it does not allow comparisons to be
made between courses of action that have
completely different therapeutic outcomes
(see What is cost-effectiveness?1 for further
discussion).
The term ‘cost-effectiveness analysis’ properlyrefers to an evaluation where the outcomesare one-dimensional. Cost-effectivenessanalysis is therefore used in health economicsto compare the financial costs of therapieswhose outcomes can be measured purely interms of health effect (for example, years oflife saved, ulcers healed). For instance, if wewanted to compare the use of a proton pumpinhibitor to relieve severe reflux oesophagitiswith the use of H2 blockers to achieve thesame end, we could calculate the costs perpatient relieved of symptoms for eachtherapy. Cost-effectiveness analysis is themost commonly applied form of economicanalysis in the heath economics literature,and is frequently used in drug therapy.However, it does not allow comparisons to bemade between courses of action that havecompletely different therapeutic outcomes(see What is cost-effectiveness?1 for furtherdiscussion).
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