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Understanding Economic Evaluation: A Policy Perspective for Clinicians

Abstract

The rhetoric of ‘efficiency’ frames much current debate about how limited health care resources should be used. Clinicians increasingly turn to economic evaluation literature to discern evidence‐based claims of ‘efficiency’ or ‘cost effectiveness’ from empty ones. Economic evaluation research is designed to compare health services on the basis of their efficiency (eg, how well they produce health benefits relative to resource costs). Although …

Authors

Giacomini M; Hurley J

Journal

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 190–199

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

January 1997

DOI

10.1155/1997/858263

ISSN

1198-2241