Benefit-cost analysis is required by law and regulation throughout the federal government. Robert Dorfman (1996) declares “Three prominent shortcomings of benefit-cost analysis as currently practiced are (1) it does not identify the population segments that the proposed measure benefits or harms (2) it attempts to reduce all comparisons to a single dimension, generally dollars and cents and (3)...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for quality of life, creates significant systemic errors. These problems have been lamented by many scholars, and recent calls have gone out from world...

background: in order to provide guidance on the efficient allocation of health resources when handling public health emergencies in the future, the study evaluated the h1n1 influenza prevention and control program in hubei province of china using cost-benefit analysis. methods: the costs measured the resources consumed and other expenses incurred in the prevention and control of h1n1. the assum...

Iranian medical universities choose their best researchers in each field annually. The protocols of this process have been modified quite often, but the changes were not fundamental and did not lead to all-inclusive evaluation tools. The recent article in Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, which proposes a scoring scale for evaluation of scientist's impact called "360-degree researcher...

in the present health care environment, cost-benefit analysis is extremely important. in this screening program, the minimal cost of screening dipstick urinalysis in 1601 asymptomatic school children was determined. the process of screening was similar to all the studies. the minimal cost utilizing 3 general physicians was calculated. costs were determined by using current charge for supplies o...

Abstract Most cost-benefit analyses assume that the estimates of costs and benefits are more or less accurate unbiased. But what if, in reality, highly inaccurate biased? Then assumption analysis is a rational way to improve resource allocation would be fallacy. Based on largest dataset its kind, we test cost benefit public investments We find this not case with overwhelming statistical signifi...