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Advocacy through Convenient Definition of Societal Objectives

Cost-Benefit Analyses in Health Care

Prafulla Joglekar

Management Department La Salle College

In modern democracies, societal objectives are pluralistic, varied, and often mutuallv conflicting. Consequently, cost-benefit analysts have considerable scope for defining societal objectives in a manner most suitable for advocating their clients' programs. Three different therapies for a hypothetical disease are considered. A Iternative definitions of societal objectives suitable for the advocacies of the different therapies are outlined. Some generalized principles of advocacy through convenient definition of societal objectives are identified.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 5, No. 4, 363-379 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/016327878200500401
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