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What is the primary purpose of economic evaluation in healthcare?
What is the primary purpose of economic evaluation in healthcare?
- To determine the optimal allocation of healthcare resources
- To establish the economic value of a particular medical intervention
- To compare the costs and consequences of alternative healthcare options (correct)
- To measure the effectiveness of healthcare programmes
What is included in the definition of healthcare costs?
What is included in the definition of healthcare costs?
- Only clinical staff and capital equipment
- Only consumables and non-clinical staff
- Tangible resources available to the healthcare system, including clinical and non-clinical staff, capital equipment, and buildings (correct)
- Intangible resources, such as patient time and patient family time
What is the primary focus of consequences in healthcare?
What is the primary focus of consequences in healthcare?
- Changes in individuals' health, including positive and negative effects (correct)
- Changes in healthcare resource allocation
- Changes in healthcare policy
- Changes in healthcare costs
What is meant by 'alternative options' in healthcare economic evaluation?
What is meant by 'alternative options' in healthcare economic evaluation?
What is a characteristic of economic evaluation in healthcare?
What is a characteristic of economic evaluation in healthcare?
What is included in the definition of consequences in healthcare?
What is included in the definition of consequences in healthcare?
Economic evaluation in healthcare is used to determine the economic value of a single medical intervention.
Economic evaluation in healthcare is used to determine the economic value of a single medical intervention.
The time of patients and their families is considered a healthcare cost.
The time of patients and their families is considered a healthcare cost.
Consequences of healthcare programmes only focus on changes in individuals' health.
Consequences of healthcare programmes only focus on changes in individuals' health.
Economic evaluation is used to compare the costs and consequences of at least three alternative healthcare options.
Economic evaluation is used to compare the costs and consequences of at least three alternative healthcare options.
Capital equipment is considered a consumable in healthcare costs.
Capital equipment is considered a consumable in healthcare costs.
Economic evaluation can establish the economic value of a healthcare programme without comparing it to an alternative.
Economic evaluation can establish the economic value of a healthcare programme without comparing it to an alternative.
What is the significance of comparing alternative options in healthcare economic evaluation?
What is the significance of comparing alternative options in healthcare economic evaluation?
How do non-health service resources contribute to the production of healthcare?
How do non-health service resources contribute to the production of healthcare?
What is the implication of economic evaluation being strictly comparative?
What is the implication of economic evaluation being strictly comparative?
What types of effects are included in the consequences of healthcare programmes?
What types of effects are included in the consequences of healthcare programmes?
What is the relationship between healthcare costs and resources?
What is the relationship between healthcare costs and resources?
How do interventions, programmes, and technologies relate to each other in healthcare?
How do interventions, programmes, and technologies relate to each other in healthcare?
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Definition of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
- Economic evaluation in healthcare: comparison of alternative options in terms of costs and consequences
- Alternative options: various ways to use healthcare resources to increase population health
Examples of Healthcare Resources
- Pharmaceuticals
- Surgical interventions
- Screening programmes
- Health promotion programmes
- Interventions/programmes/technologies (all refer to the same thing)
Healthcare Costs
- Values of tangible resources available to the healthcare system
- Examples:
- Clinical staff
- Non-clinical staff
- Capital equipment
- Buildings
- Consumables (drugs, medications, devices)
- Non-health service resources used to produce healthcare:
- Time of patients
- Time of patients' families
Consequences of Healthcare Programmes
- All effects of healthcare programmes other than those on resources
- Focus on changes in individuals' health (positive or negative)
- May also include other valued effects, such as:
- Reassurance
- Information provision
Key Principle of Economic Evaluation
- Strictly comparative: cannot establish economic value of one option without comparing its costs and consequences to at least one alternative option
Definition of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
- Economic evaluation in healthcare: comparison of alternative options in terms of costs and consequences
- Alternative options: various ways to use healthcare resources to increase population health
Examples of Healthcare Resources
- Pharmaceuticals
- Surgical interventions
- Screening programmes
- Health promotion programmes
- Interventions/programmes/technologies (all refer to the same thing)
Healthcare Costs
- Values of tangible resources available to the healthcare system
- Examples:
- Clinical staff
- Non-clinical staff
- Capital equipment
- Buildings
- Consumables (drugs, medications, devices)
- Non-health service resources used to produce healthcare:
- Time of patients
- Time of patients' families
Consequences of Healthcare Programmes
- All effects of healthcare programmes other than those on resources
- Focus on changes in individuals' health (positive or negative)
- May also include other valued effects, such as:
- Reassurance
- Information provision
Key Principle of Economic Evaluation
- Strictly comparative: cannot establish economic value of one option without comparing its costs and consequences to at least one alternative option
Definition of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
- Economic evaluation in healthcare: comparison of alternative options in terms of costs and consequences
- Alternative options: various ways to use healthcare resources to increase population health
Examples of Healthcare Resources
- Pharmaceuticals
- Surgical interventions
- Screening programmes
- Health promotion programmes
- Interventions/programmes/technologies (all refer to the same thing)
Healthcare Costs
- Values of tangible resources available to the healthcare system
- Examples:
- Clinical staff
- Non-clinical staff
- Capital equipment
- Buildings
- Consumables (drugs, medications, devices)
- Non-health service resources used to produce healthcare:
- Time of patients
- Time of patients' families
Consequences of Healthcare Programmes
- All effects of healthcare programmes other than those on resources
- Focus on changes in individuals' health (positive or negative)
- May also include other valued effects, such as:
- Reassurance
- Information provision
Key Principle of Economic Evaluation
- Strictly comparative: cannot establish economic value of one option without comparing its costs and consequences to at least one alternative option
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