There has been a rapid increase in the use of cost‐effectiveness analysis, with quality
adjusted life years (QALYs) as an outcome measure, in evaluating both medical …

Background Decision-making in healthcare policy involves assessing both costs and
benefits. In determining the cost-effectiveness (CE) threshold, willingness to pay (WTP) per …

Researchers and policymakers have long been interested in developing simple decision
rules to aid in determining whether an intervention is, or is not, cost-effective. In global …

Background Many health care systems claim to incorporate the cost-effectiveness criterion in
their investment decisions. Information on the system's willingness to pay per effectiveness …

Background Internet-and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) targeting depression have been
shown to be clinically effective and are considered a cost-effective complement to …

Resources available to the health care sector are finite and typically insufficient to fulfil all
the demands for health care in the population. Decisions must be made about which …

In most societies resources are insufficient to provide everyone with all the health care they
want. In practice, this means that some people are given priority over others. On what basis …

Abstract Context 'What does 'The Public'think?'is a question often posed by researchers and
policy makers, and public values are regularly invoked to justify policy decisions. Over time …

The use of a threshold for cost-utility studies is of major importance to health authorities for
making the best allocation decisions for limited resources. Regarding the increasing number …

The oft-applied assumption in the use of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in economic
evaluation, that all QALYs are valued equally, has been questioned from the outset. The …