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Clarifying the Principles of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
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Cost-effectiveness analysis enables policymakers to maximize outcomes without exceeding available resources by determining either the greatest possible benefit for a given resource or the lowest resource cost for a given benefit. To illustrate, Pletcher and colleagues (1) estimated average annual discounted health care costs of $897.64 billion (Table 2) for 138.6 million men and women age 35 to 85 years at baseline, yielding an average cost of $6477 per treated or untreated person. The next most expensive policy options were treating persons with 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk greater than 15% or adhering to Adult …
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