title: Practical thoughts on cost-benefit analysis and health services.
abstract: Cost-benefit analysis is fast becoming--if it is not already--an essential tool in decision making. It is, however, a complex subject, and one in which few doctors have been trained. This paper offers practical thoughts on the art of cost-benefit analysis, and is written for clinicians and other medical specialists who, though inexpert in the techniques of accountancy, nevertheless wish to carry out their own simple analyses in a manner that will enable them, and others, to take effective decisions.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom