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cost-effectiveness analysis |
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cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), a type of economic evaluation used to determine the best use of money available for medical care. It compares different kinds of interventions with similar, but not identical, effects on the basis of the cost per unit achieved. cost-effectiveness pertaining to cost-effective. cost-effectiveness analysis a comparison of the relative cost-efficiencies of two or more ways of performing a task or achieving an objective. cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-utility analysis Clinical trials A form of economic analysis in which alternative interventions are compared in terms of the cost per unit of clinical effect–eg cost per life saved, per mm Hg of lowered
BP, per yr of quality-adjusted life gained, etc Health care policy Analysis related to the effectiveness of therapies or interventions and their associated costs. Cf Cost-benefit analysis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These group planning departments help in finding the most cost effective means of getting you to and from your final destination. Tent structures by Losberger US are ideally suited to use as multi-purpose, cost effective facilities expansion space. The paper, called Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach, Reducing Your Costs, provides detailed,examples of how using the Internet for data exchange with remote sites can be up to 10 times more cost effective than using dedicated lines to reach external partners. |
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