Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

  • Help
align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > social science subjects > health and social care > medical science > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > basis for making the decision > cost-comparison analysis
... > other subjects > natural sciences > life sciences > medical science > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > basis for making the decision > cost-comparison analysis

Preferred term

cost-comparison analysis  

Definition

  • A cost-comparison analysis estimates the total costs of two or more interventions, including downstream costs, and the numbers of individuals affected by each intervention but does not estimate cost-effectiveness ratios relative to health outcomes. This approach was developed in the early 1970s as a method of cost accounting with specific applications to ascertaining the lowest-cost methods of pharmacologic dosing and laboratory testing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Cost-Comparison Analysis]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LGHX40RF-8

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD