title: Cost-utility analysis and otolaryngology.
abstract: As providers of health care, we face increasing demand on our limited, indeed diminishing, resources. Economic appraisal of our interventions means assessing the trade-off between effectiveness, efficiency and equity. When rationing becomes inevitable, calculation of utility values is a valuable decision-making tool. This paper reviews objective measures of patient benefit, such as quality of life, and focuses on their application within otolaryngology.
authors: Northern Deanery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Hamilton
authors: Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds, UK.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Hulme
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Flood
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Powell
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000191:economics*; D011788:Quality of Life; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years