ABSTRACT
Based on reviewing many cost-effectiveness analysis, a common error that we see is the under-reporting of the costs of clinical events, such as reporting only the cost of a hospital visit. In Canada, the cost of a clinical event is made of many silo budgets, including regional payments to hospitals, in-hospital drugs, provincial budgets to pay for clinician fees, community budgets to pay for care after discharge, a separate provincial budget to pay for outpatient drug prescriptions for seniors and based on need, and a separate provincial budget to pay for devices for mobility.
