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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, Vol 13, Issue 1 47-54, Copyright © 2000 by American Board of Family Practice

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Cost-effectiveness of primary care

R. A. Deyo
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-8853, USA.

This article is intended only as an introduction to the use of cost-effectiveness analysis in primary care. The goals are to provide a clear understanding of the difference between the cost of a treatment and its cost-effectiveness; consider what is generally a socially acceptable range for cost-effectiveness; provide some basic criteria for critically evaluating cost-effectiveness analyses in the medical literature; give some examples of the cost-effectiveness of various treatments in primary care; and provide for comparison some examples of cost-effectiveness in the world of specialty care. For those interested in more detail, excellent books and reviews are available, including the report of a US. Public Health Service-appointed expert panel.


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