Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a kind of economic analysis that allows comparison of the relative costs and effects of rival interventions. Unlike cost-benefit analysis, CEA does not express these effects in monetary values.
Further reading
Bhula, Radhika, Meghan Mahoney & Kyle Murphy (2020) Conducting cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, July.
Jamison, Dean T. et al. (eds.) (2006) Priorities in Health, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, ch. 3.
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cost-benefit analysis | cost-effectiveness | distribution of cost-effectiveness | intervention evaluation | ITN framework | cause priotization