title: [Quality is expensive].
abstract: Over the past decade, as pressure to control costs has accelerated, the term cost effective has come increasingly into common usage. The central purpose of cost-effectiveness analysis is to compare the relative value of different interventions in creating better health. This article presents the rationale for using such an approach to prioritize public and private healthcare programmes.
authors.affiliation: IREMET, Université Paris XIII, Faculté de Médecine Léonard de Vinci, 74 rue Marcel Cochin, 93017 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Launois
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans