TY - JOUR
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
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
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 imitations 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 imitations 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
KW - Cost-benefit analysis
KW - CBA
KW - Cost-effectiveness analysis
KW - CEA
KW - Aggregation of preferences
KW - Quality-adjusted life years
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.10.002
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0167-6296
VL - 23
SP - 887
EP - 898
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
IS - 5
ER -