Cost-effectiveness analysis, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) online guide offers a detailed and interactive introduction to the cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) process.

The guide covers the following:

  • What inputs are included?
  • What output does a cost-effectiveness analysis provide?
  • CEA Example (Intervention is more effective and more costly)
  • CEA Example (Intervention is more effective and less costly)
  • How can information from a CEA be useful for decision makers?

This guide also provides additional resources including a link to a CDC course on economic evaluation and a registry of cost-effectiveness analyses from Tufts Medical Center.

Sources

CDC. (2021). Cost-effectiveness analysis. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/policy/polaris/economics/cost-effectiveness/index.html

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