Potential Inconsistencies Between Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analyses: An Upstairs/Downstairs Socioeconomic Distinction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
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This paper indicates that certain economic evaluation methods (cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses) may yield inconsistent results. Along with the lack of formal grounding of these methods in economic “first principles,” this finding suggests the possible benefit of greater reliance on the more formally developed method of cost-benefit analysis.
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995 , pp. 365 - 376
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995
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