On the Possibility of a Bridge between CBA and CEA: Comments on a Paper by Dolan and Edlin

Bodil Olai Hansen, Jens Leth Hougaard, Hans Keiding, Lars Peter Østerdal

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Abstract

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 imitations in the access to preference information has consequences for the kind of questions that can be meaningfully addressed in both CBA and CEA.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Health Economics
Volume23
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)887-898
ISSN0167-6296
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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