Table 1 Steps for economic evaluation
From: Economic evaluations in water-fluoridation: a scoping review
| Step 1. Define objective of the economic evaluation | |
| Step 2. Define economic evaluation framework | |
| • Perspective of the economic analysis | |
| • Alternatives being compared | |
| • Time horizon | |
| Step 3. Determine costs and benefits of alternatives | |
| • Define all activities | |
| • Specify measurements | |
| • Collect cost data | |
| • Calculate costs | |
| • Discount | |
| • Define outcomes | |
| • Select evaluation design | |
| • Collect data | |
| • Analyze data | |
| Step 4. Relate costs to outcomes | |
| • Ratio | |
| Step 5. Adjust for uncertainties | |
| • Sensitivity analysis | |
| Step 6. Summarize, Interpret, and report findings |