Cost-effectiveness analysis is an essential, but often neglected part of determining the value, feasibility and sustainability of improvement interventions. Join Edward Broughton (Director of Research & Evaluation for the USAID Health Care Improvement Project) in an online discussion about the importance of cost-effective analyses (CEAs) in this context, including specific consideration of economic analysis of improvement and what makes it different to traditional CEAs of health programs.
Online Discussion with Edward Broughton, 30 January - 12 February 2012
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Ezequiel Garcia-Elorrio MD Msc PhD
Director
Department of Health Care Quality & Patient Safety
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness & Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viviana E. Rodriguez MD PhD
Senior Researcher
Department of Health Care Quality & Patient Safety
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness & Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina