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Estimating production costs in the economic evaluation of health-care programs

✍ Scribed by Carmen Herrero; Juan D. Moreno-Ternero

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 160 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 1057-9230
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1345

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Abstract

We propose a method for calculating the production costs of an intervention in a manner that accounts for differences in productive ‘effort.’ This method could be used within a cost‐effectiveness analysis framework in the evaluation of new medical technologies, pharmaceuticals, treatment programs, or public health interventions. We apply it to show evidence in favor of implementing a newborn screening program to detect congenital hearing impairment. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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