title: Trial-based clinical and economic analyses: the unhelpful quest for conformity.
abstract: Where there is conformity across the findings, interpretation and implications of 'clinical' and 'economic' research, there is limited cause for concern. However, there is often unease when apparent contradictory conclusions are drawn from the same study. Given the ever increasing role for economic evaluation in healthcare decision making, this commentary challenges the necessity of compatibility between clinical and economic evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Blusson Hall 10504, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada. david_whitehurst@sfu.ca.
authors.forename: David G T
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Whitehurst
authors.forename: Stirling
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryan
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000191:economics