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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Program Evaluation

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  • Mark S. Thompson

    (Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Eric E. Fortess

    (Harvard School of Public Health)

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The growing demand for prospective evaluation enhances the popularity of cost-effective ness analysis, a technique for identifying best uses of scarce resources. Defined in diverse ways during its short history, cost-effectiveness analysis is now seen as the evaluative comparison of monetary and nonmonetary dimensions of impact. The cost-effectiveness ratio for health programs divides monetary effects by health effects. Decisions on com peting alternative programs should be resolved by regarding cost-effectiveness ratios on the differences between programs.

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  • Mark S. Thompson & Eric E. Fortess, 1980. "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Program Evaluation," Evaluation Review, , vol. 4(4), pages 549-568, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:4:y:1980:i:4:p:549-568
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8000400407
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    1. Cohen, Ernesto & Franco, Rolando, 1988. "Evaluación de proyectos sociales," Series Históricas 9051, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

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