Journal article
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