The Economic Analysis in Medicine – “ Friend or foe ? ”
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Money has long been a taboo issue in medicine. There have been long discussions about the possible linkage between the economic analysis and the duty of saving lives. Traditionally, medical doctors have been reluctant to incorporate the economical issues into their universe. However, today we are living in a world where every action, medical or not, is evaluated according to its cost. It is important to understand that the economical analyses focus on the well being of the society as a whole. On the contrary, the medical doctor still focuses mainly on the well being of the individual patient. Cost-effectiveness analysis is a measure of the first, not of the latter. The role of the doctors is “to be the patient’s advocate, to do what is possible for the patient before them, regardless of the value provided to society” [1]. In this editorial we try to define the role of the economical analysis in today’s medicine and to describe its basic principles. !
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تاریخ انتشار 2006