TY - UNPB
T1 - On the Possibility of a Bridge between CBA and CEA
T2 - Comments on a Paper by Dolan and Edlin
AU - Olai Hansen, Bodil
AU - Hougaard, Jens Leth
AU - Keiding, Hans
AU - Østerdal, Lars Peter
N1 - Published in: Journal of Health Economics, vol. 23, no. 5, September 2004, pp. 887-98
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In a recent work by Dolan and Edlin, it is concluded that no link can be established between cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). However, the conclusion seems to depend rather heavily on what is understood by a link between CBA and CEA as well as on the exact meaning of the latter two terms. We argue that there is at least one approach to CBA and CEA in which the two are very intimately linked. On the other hand, the limitations in the access to preference information has consequences for the kind of questions that can be meaningfully addressed in both CBA and CEA.
AB - In a recent work by Dolan and Edlin, it is concluded that no link can be established between cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). However, the conclusion seems to depend rather heavily on what is understood by a link between CBA and CEA as well as on the exact meaning of the latter two terms. We argue that there is at least one approach to CBA and CEA in which the two are very intimately linked. On the other hand, the limitations in the access to preference information has consequences for the kind of questions that can be meaningfully addressed in both CBA and CEA.
KW - Cost-benefit analysis
KW - Cost-effectiveness analysis
KW - aggregation of preferences
KW - Quality-adjusted life years
KW - Cost-benefit analysis
KW - Cost-effectiveness analysis
KW - Aggregation of preferences
KW - Quality-adjusted life years
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Discussion Papers / Department of Economics. University of Copenhagen
BT - On the Possibility of a Bridge between CBA and CEA
PB - Københavns Universitet
CY - København
ER -