Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Terms used to compare the costs and health effects of alternative interventions and judge value for money.

  • Topic: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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3 terms

Net Health BenefitNHB, Incremental Health Benefit

A summary measure expressing an intervention's value in health units, converting incremental cost into health forgone and subtracting it from health gained.

Net Monetary BenefitNMB, Money-Valued Benefit

A summary measure expressing an intervention's value in money, converting its incremental health effect into cash at a set threshold and subtracting incremental cost.

NICE ThresholdNICE Cost-Effectiveness Threshold, NICE QALY Threshold

The range of cost per QALY, typically cited as between twenty thousand and thirty thousand pounds, that NICE uses to judge acceptable NHS spending.