Importance of economic evaluation in health care decision making

• Main Authors: I Aniza,, M Hossein,, R Otgonbayar,, Y Munkhtuul,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4596/1/Vol14%281%29-aniza.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4596/; http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=238&issue=Vol14(1):2008

Introduction : Economic evaluations can provide “value-for money” information to those making decisions about the allocation of limited health care resources. In particular, economic evaluations can be used to identify interventions that are worth providing and those that are not. Furthermore, evalu...