POTENTIAL INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND COST-UTILITY ANALYSES - AN UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS SOCIOECONOMIC DISTINCTION

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RITTENHOUSE, BE
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10.1017/S0266462300006966
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This paper indicates that certain economic evaluation methods (cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses) may yield inconsistent results. Along with the lack of formal grounding of these methods in economic ''first principles,'' this finding suggests the possible benefit of greater reliance on the more formally developed method of cost-benefit analysis.
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