Which of the following conditions would eliminate the usefulness of a cost-utili

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Which of the following conditions would eliminate the usefulness of a cost-utility analysis?

If intermediate program impacts are of interest.

  If quality of life is not measurable with a single variable.

If it is costly to obtain utility data.

  If more than one health state was being analyzed.

a, b, and c

If intermediate program impacts are of interest.

  If quality of life is not measurable with a single variable.

If it is costly to obtain utility data.

  If more than one health state was being analyzed.

a, b, and c

Explanation / Answer

Answer is the last option:a,b,and c.

Cost utility analysis allows comparison across different health programs and policies by using a common unit of measure. The utilities can now be obtained from standardised and validated health status instruments, making the evidence required to inform cost-utility analysis relatively straightforward and cheap to acquire. This is especially true when compared with the cost of acquiring evidence on clinical effectiveness,and indeed the cost of many of the treatments being reviewed.

It is an advantage of cost-utility analysis that it analyses more than one health state and facilitates comparisons of the value of interventions for different health problems .

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