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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Value of Life in Health Care and Prevention

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Costs and Benefits in Health Care and Prevention

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This paper aims to introduce the concepts of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to non-economists who are working in the health field. Justifications as to why CEA and CB A are needed are followed by descriptions of each technique with examples from the health care sector. Finally, various methods of valuing savings in human life (one of the major benefits of health care intervention) are discussed.

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  1. Sozialmedizin und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen (IDIS), Universität Bielefeld und institut für Dokumentation und Information, Westerfeldstr. 35-37, D-4800, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

    U. Laaser

  2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Building 31, Room 4, 16C, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    E. J. Roccella Ph. D.

  3. Belinson Medical Center, University of Tel Aviv, 49 100, Petah Tikva, Israel

    J. B. Rosenfeld

  4. Abteilung G-K, Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Postfach 310120, D-6800, Mannheim 31, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Wenzel

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Ginsberg, G.M. (1990). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Value of Life in Health Care and Prevention. In: Laaser, U., Roccella, E.J., Rosenfeld, J.B., Wenzel, H. (eds) Costs and Benefits in Health Care and Prevention. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75781-5_2

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