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COST EFFECTIVENESS IN A HOSPITAL CONTACT LENS DEPARTMENT
Author(s) -
Woodward E. G.,
Drummond M. F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1984.tb00351.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , contact lens , cost effectiveness , medicine , lens (geology) , optometry , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , cost cutting , operations management , ophthalmology , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , government (linguistics) , petroleum engineering
Given the shortage of resources in the NHS clinicians are increasingly being asked to search for more cost effective Treatment strategies. This requires consideration not only of the cosi consequences to the NHS but also the impact on quality of care and parents costs. This paper reports two studies of the cost effectiveness of alternative practices within a contact lens department. They show that, for the hospital concerned, both the internal production of, and more extensive stocking of, lenses are cost‐effective strategies. Moreover H is argued that cost ‐ effectiveness analysis might have wider applications within ophthalmology as a whole.