Ppe: A Clinician's Guide To Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Front 1

5 steps to evaluate a new or existing health care intervention from clinical and policy perspectives:

Step One:

Back 1

demonstration of efficacy--that a h.c. intervention can achieve its stated goal when used in optimal circumstances

Front 2

5 steps to evaluate a new or existing health care intervention from clinical and policy perspectives:

Step Two

Back 2

assessment of effectiveness

show that new h.c. intervention does more good than harm when used in USUAL circumstances

Front 3

5 steps to evaluate a new or existing health care intervention from clinical and policy perspectives:

Step Three

Back 3

assess efficiency or cost effectiveness

(efficiency can be defined as achieving the maximal increment in health benefit)

Front 4

5 steps to evaluate a new or existing health care intervention from clinical and policy perspectives:

Step Four

Back 4

availability issue: matching the supply of services to locations where they are accessible to persons who require them

Front 5

5 steps to evaluate a new or existing health care intervention from clinical and policy perspectives:


Step Five

Back 5

Distribution

who gains/ who loses

Front 6

CEA assumes the particular objective of maximizing net health benefit for all persons in the target population under conditions of constrained resources.

For whom might this type of analysis not be relevant?

Back 6

Clinicians.

They are interested in maximizing their patients' status not the entire populations

Front 7

If program A is found to have improved clinical outcomes, and a lower resource requirement than B, then it is said to be ___________ and should be adopted without further analysis

Back 7

dominant

Front 8

The difference between the average CER and incremental CER is that:

Back 8

incremental CER reveals the cost per unit of benefit of switching from one treatment strategy (usually already in operation)