Valuing Health: Evolution, Revolution, Resistance, and ReformValue Health. 2019 May;22(5):505-510
- Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is the de facto normative standard for medical interventions, but users recognize that the method is incomplete.The authors argue that tools of systems engineering can advance our capabilities, but they have had only limited use in health policy. They identify some reasons and specifically highlight the promise of systems-analytic platforms-such as multicriteria decision support systems-and the need to make them more accessible for different uses in real situations with real consequences.
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