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Descriptor English: Opportunity Cost of Health Technology
Descriptor Spanish: Costo de Oportunidad de la Tecnología de la Salud
Descriptor costo de oportunidad de la tecnología de la salud
Entry term(s) coste de oportunidad
costo de oportunidad de la tecnología sanitaria
costos de oportunidad de la tecnología de la salud
costos de oportunidad de la tecnología sanitaria
Scope note: Costo en que la sociedad incurre al proporcionar una tecnología sanitaria a la población, a medida que los recursos empleados para ello quedan indisponibles para otros fines. El costo de oportunidad también se conoce como el valor de la mejor alternativa no concretada, como consecuencia de la utilización de recursos limitados en la producción de un determinado bien o servicio de salud. (Traducción libre del original: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/06_1236_M.pdf)
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
Tree number(s): SP1.333.200
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)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57986
Unique ID: DDCS057986
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Opportunity Cost of Health Technology - Preferred
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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