Cost-Benefit Analysis
MESHD003362
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 measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. In contrast a cost effectiveness in general compares cost with qualitative outcomes.
Synonyms
- Analysis, Cost-Benefit
- Cost-Benefit Analyses
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Analyses, Cost Benefit
- Analysis, Cost Benefit
- Cost Benefit Analyses
- Cost Benefit
- Cost and Benefit
- Benefit and Cost
- Benefits and Costs
- Costs and Benefits
- Cost-Benefit Data
- Cost Benefit Data
- Data, Cost-Benefit
- Cost-Utility Analysis
- Analysis, Cost-Utility
- Cost-Utility Analyses
- Cost Utility Analysis
- Marginal Analysis
- Analysis, Marginal
- Marginal Analyses
- Economic Evaluation
- Economic Evaluations
- Evaluation, Economic
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