Methods
Review an introduction to cost-effectiveness analysis - a tool used to aid decisions about which medical care should be offered.
[View cost-effectiveness analysis]
Review the methods by which VA researchers and analysts calculate the cost of healthcare encounters. Alternatives include average costing, Decision Support System, and micro-cost methods.
[View methods for cost determination]
HERC maintains a database of published works that estimate the cost of VA health care. If viewed in EndNote format, the database can be searched by keyword using terms for data sources or costing methods, such as "CDR" or "average costing." Most entries have Medline (MeSH) subject headings as well.
[View bibliography of VA cost studies]
