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Cost-Minimisation Analysis

An economic evaluation that compares costs when two interventions have been shown to produce equivalent health outcomes.

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Cost-minimisation analysis (CMA) is appropriate only when two interventions have been demonstrated to produce equivalent outcomes. In that case, the analysis reduces to identifying the lower-cost option. CMA is rarely appropriate in practice, as true equivalence of outcomes is difficult to establish, and small differences in outcomes may matter at a population level.

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4/26/2026
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