Questions and Answers
What type of expenditure includes costs related to staff and consumables?
Which of the following best defines cost effective analysis (CEA)?
Which of the following is NOT a type of capital expenditure?
When should you use cost effective analysis?
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What is one advantage of cost effective analysis?
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What is a key drawback of cost effective analysis?
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Which aspect is considered a capital expenditure?
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In cost effective analysis, what unit is typically used to measure outcomes?
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What is a characteristic of recurrent expenditure?
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Study Notes
Types of Healthcare Expenditure
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Capital Expenditure: Investment aimed at acquiring or enhancing assets that have value.
- Examples include buildings and medical equipment.
- Assets can be sold to meet financial commitments or debts.
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Recurrent Expenditure: Ongoing costs that do not contribute to asset acquisition or enhancement.
- Examples include staff salaries, pharmaceuticals, and consumables.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
- CEA compares the costs of health interventions with their effectiveness, measured in health units.
- Costs are evaluated in monetary terms.
- Outcomes are reflected in natural health units, such as cases prevented or years of life saved.
- It is particularly useful for decision-makers working with limited budgets in specific fields.
Decision Making
- CEA is used to assess the value for money of digital products against alternatives using the same effect metric related to particular diseases.
- Ideal when the benefits are primarily health-related and clinical measures effectively capture the health improvements from the product.
Pros and Cons of CEA
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Advantages:
- Clinical outcomes are generally easier to measure, especially when linked to clinical trials.
- Provides a comparison of alternative options based on disease-specific health effect measures.
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Drawbacks:
- Limited in informing broader resource allocation decisions across different diseases due to varying health benefit measurements (different clinical outcomes).
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Explore the different types of healthcare expenditure, focusing on capital and recurrent costs. This quiz will help you understand how these expenditures impact healthcare services and the importance of cost-effective analysis in healthcare decision-making.
