The media often report high costs of various health-related procedures. So there is a limit of resources available to public and private health plans, they are not able to do all the new procedures. This raises the question of how to determine what procedures should be offered as part of a health plan. Cost-benefit analysis has become a powerful tool to help prioritize and guide these policies. This note is intended as background reading for the first class of pharmacoeconomics and cost-effectiveness analysis. "Hide
by Gregory S. Zaric 4 pages. Publication Date: July 8, 2010. Prod. #: 910E07-PDF-ENG
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