The field of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and economic evaluation (EE) of health care programmes is new, but Pakistan lacks the resources required to fully understand EE and CEA. With particular regard to Pakistan, the present study strives to fill this gap by offering a foundational work on the subject of economic evaluation. We reviewed the economic evaluation contents in the general health reading materials and books that were available locally using the four-dimensional criteria of availability, pertinent, complete, and accurate. Although undergraduate medical courses identify CEA as a fundamental ability and talent of physicians, we were unable to locate any mention of economic evaluation in the sources that were indicated. We discover that economic evaluation involves two requirements: the analysis must take into account both cost and effectiveness, and at least two medications or medical interventions need to be compared. In this paper, we provide an overview of EE/CEA and suggest that EE subjects be taught in Pakistani public health and medical courses.

Keywords: Cost effectiveness analysis, Economic Evaluation, Healthcare Economics and organization.