title: Estimating production costs in the economic evaluation of health-care programs.
abstract: We propose a method for calculating the production costs of an intervention in a manner that accounts for differences in productive 'effort.' This method could be used within a cost-effectiveness analysis framework in the evaluation of new medical technologies, pharmaceuticals, treatment programs, or public health interventions. We apply it to show evidence in favor of implementing a newborn screening program to detect congenital hearing impairment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Universidad de Alicante and IVIE, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Juan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moreno-Ternero
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000191:economics*; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics*; D018803:Models, Economic