MMWR Recomm Rep. 1995 Aug 18;44(RR-10):1-10.
Because resources are finite, public health decision makers need to consider the costs and effectiveness of alternative prevention strategies. A simplified approach to performing marginal cost-effectiveness analyses requires a) a description of the program, b) a description of the health outcomes averted and the timing of those events, c) the rates of the health outcome, d) the preventable fraction of the health outcomes averted, e) the costs per unit of the intervention, and f) the direct medical costs of the health outcome prevented and the side effects incurred. With this information, the marginal cost-effectiveness of an intervention can be determined and applied for decision making.
由于资源有限，公共卫生决策者需要考虑替代预防策略的成本和效果。进行边际成本效益分析的一种简化方法需要：a）对项目的描述；b）对避免的健康结果及其发生时间的描述；c）健康结果的发生率；d）避免的健康结果的可预防比例；e）每单位干预措施的成本；f）预防的健康结果的直接医疗成本和产生的副作用。有了这些信息，就可以确定一项干预措施的边际成本效益，并将其应用于决策。
