Journal article
Cost-effectiveness ratios: in a league of their own
Abstract
There is an increasing tendency for papers appearing in the medical literature to propose or use league tables of cost-effectiveness ratios as a means of comparing health-care interventions. In this paper we identify what the information in cost-effectiveness league tables tells us and how this is inadequate and inappropriate for addressing questions about improving efficiency in the use of resources at either the broad system level or at the …
Authors
Birch S; Gafni A
Journal
Health Policy, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 133–141
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 1994
DOI
10.1016/0168-8510(94)90031-0
ISSN
0168-8510