| Descriptor English: | Opportunity Cost of Health Technology | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Costo de Oportunidad de la Tecnología de la Salud
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Custo de Oportunidade da Tecnologia em Saúde | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Coût d'Opportunité de la Technologie de la Santé | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Opportunity Cost Opportunity Costs of Health Technology |
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| Tree number(s): |
SP1.333.200 |
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| Scope note: | The cost to society of making health technology available to the population, as the resources used to do so become unavailable for other purposes. Opportunity cost is also known as the value of the best unplanned alternative, as a result of the use of limited resources in the production of given goods or health service. (Free translation from the original: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/06_1236_M.pdf) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| History Note: | 2019 |
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| DeCS ID: | 57986 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS057986 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Opportunity Cost of Health Technology
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| Concept UI |
FD00062254 |
| Scope note | The cost to society of making health technology available to the population, as the resources used to do so become unavailable for other purposes. Opportunity cost is also known as the value of the best unplanned alternative, as a result of the use of limited resources in the production of given goods or health service. (Free translation from the original: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/06_1236_M.pdf) |
| Preferred term | Opportunity Cost of Health Technology |
| Entry term(s) |
Opportunity Cost Opportunity Costs of Health Technology |
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