Cost-effectiveness analysis: comparison of traditional

Authors

  • Janice Dornelles de Castro UNICAMP, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil.
  • Vanessa da Rocha UNISINOS, Brazil
  • Silvia Pinto Datasus, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc3(10)351

Keywords:

Health Care Cost, Health Economics, Primay Health Care

Abstract

This study analyses the cost-effectiveness of primary health care on the basis of two alternative models of health care delivery the .traditional. model and the Family Health Program of the Unified Health System. Firstly we make a theoretical approach to health economics assessment in all its complexity, and then we carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis based on a case study in the city of Porto Alegre. The data showed the Family Health Program to be more cost effective

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Author Biographies

Janice Dornelles de Castro, UNICAMP, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil.

Economist, Master Planning and Health Financing. London School of Economics, PhD in Public Health - UNICAMP, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Vanessa da Rocha, UNISINOS, Brazil

Administrator hospital UNISINOS, Brazil

Silvia Pinto, Datasus, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Master in Business Administration (UFRGS), systems analyst, Datasus, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Published

2007-11-17

How to Cite

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Castro JD de, Rocha V da, Pinto S. Cost-effectiveness analysis: comparison of traditional. Rev Bras Med Fam Comunidade [Internet]. 2007 Nov. 17 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];3(10):91-8. Available from: https://rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/351

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