title: Cost considerations in the use of anaesthetic drugs.
abstract: Measuring the direct drug costs of an anaesthetic is relatively easy, but assessing increased expenditure in relation to clinical benefits and indirect costs is not. This review examines a number of papers that have attempted just such a task and tries to illustrate some of the difficulties inherent in this important area of cost-effective analyses.
authors.affiliation: North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
authors.forename: Bruce T W
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Smith