An analysis that assesses the cost of achieving a benefit by different means. The benefits are expressed in non-monetary terms related to health, such as symptom-free days, heart attacks avoided, deat [..]

a gauge of program adequacy or economic adequacy displayed with regard to the cost of attaining a unit of program result. The evaluation is most proper whenever programs have one primary identifiable [..]

Measures the net cost of providing an intervention as well as the outcomes obtained. Outcomes are reported in a single unit of measurement.

An analytical technique that compares the costs of alternative projects to the resultant benefits, with costs and benefits or effectiveness expressed by different measures. Costs are usually expressed [..]

A type of economic analysis that compares the costs relative to the outcomes of programs and policies. Cost-effectiveness analysis indicates which option produces a desired outcome for the lowest cost. (To read more, see the Types of Economic Analysis

Converts effects into health terms and describes the costs for some additional health gain (e.g. cost per additional MI prevented).

An economic evaluation which compares costs and benefits of at least two technologies where the benefits or outcomes are measured in natural units (e.g. life years gained).