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Cost-utility analysis and otolaryngology
D Hamilton1, C Hulme2, L Flood3
1Northern Deanery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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.

