COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS THE FOUNDATION OF VALUE-BASED MEDICINE GUIDELINES TO MASTER WHEN PERFORMING OR EVALUATING A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS

摘要

It is the philosophy of Evidence-Based Ophthalmology that evidence-based medicine should provide the foundation for knowledge which will allow practitioners to provide the highest quality medicine for our patients. Although the knowledge of a numerical or statistical change is critical, this information must be taken to another level to ascertain the "human value gain" of evidence-based discoveries to patients and society.