Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Capital Expenditures

Those funds disbursed for facilities and equipment, particularly those related to the delivery of health care.

Cost Allocation

The assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Co…

Cost-Benefit Analysis

A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measur…

Cost Control

The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is n…

Cost of Illness

The personal cost of disease which may be economic, social, or psychological. The cost of illness may be reflected in absenteeism, productiv…

Cost Savings

Reductions in all or any portion of the costs of providing goods or services. Savings may be incurred by the provider or the consumer.

Cost Sharing

Provisions of an insurance policy that require the insured to pay some portion of covered expenses. Several forms of sharing are in use, e.g…

Costs and Cost Analysis

Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs…