@article{ref1,
title="Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis for health promotion programs",
journal="American journal of health promotion",
year="1990",
author="Barry, P. Z. and DeFriese, G. H.",
volume="4",
number="6",
pages="448-452",
abstract="Health promotion programs have been hailed as having great potential to help solve the problem of rapidly increasing health care costs. In order to assess whether health promotion programs are &quot;worth it,&quot; some kind of cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis must be included as part of program evaluation. This article provides a basic introduction to the concepts of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, compares them, and presents a simple procedure for performing a basic cost-effectiveness analysis. The potential for health promotion programs to impact on the rising costs of medical care is discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-1171",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}