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Cost-Benefit Analysis

An economic evaluation in which both costs and health outcomes are expressed in monetary terms.

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Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) monetises both the costs and the benefits of a healthcare intervention, enabling direct comparison of net benefits. Benefits are typically valued using willingness-to-pay methods (contingent valuation or revealed preference). CBA is more common in public economics than in healthcare HTA, where QALY-based CUA is the standard approach.

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4/26/2026
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