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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Costs and Cost Analysis > Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Cost-Benefit Analysis  

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Entry terms

  • Analyses, Cost Benefit
  • Analysis, Cost Benefit
  • Cost Benefit Analyses
  • Cost Benefit Analysis

Scope note

  • A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. In contrast a cost effectiveness in general compares cost with qualitative outcomes.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003362

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