Economic evaluation (Cost-Benefit Analysis CBA, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis CEA) is tool used to help decision makers allocate scarce resources in the most efficient way. You were requested to set up a smoking cessation clinic work in your organization i) determine the CBA/ CEA for providing this service, and ii) what factors will you need to take in consideration?

Answer:

Economic evaluation is an imporant tool to improve our understanding of the costs and effects of health care services and to create substantial health care system. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of avoidable morbidity and premature mortality.

The various types of eceonimic evaluation programs that can be carried out while setting up smoking cesstaion clinic are;

• adopting the least costly alternative produucing the same health benefits which can be considered as the cost minimization analysis
• comparing the per unit effect with per unit costs on an incremntal basis which is the cost effectiveness analysis.
• In the cost benefit analsyis;measure the costs and consequences of alternative in monetary units.

2. Factors neeeded to take smoking cessation clinic are;

• The physical environement needed to set up the clinic
• The demographic data
• The availability of resources
• The cpst effectiveness and cost benefit of the various resources that can be used in clinics
• The availabilty of quality of services.