(卫生经济学课件)costAupdated.pptVIP

(卫生经济学课件)costAupdated Opportunity Costs The opportunity cost of an asset (or, more generally, of a choice) is the highest valued opportunity that must be passed up to allow current use. Explicit costs are expenses for which one must pay with cash or equivalent. Implicit costs do not involve a cash transaction, and so we use the opportunity cost concept to measure them. Incremental, Sunk and Unit Costs Incremental cost is the additional costs that one service or programme imposes over another. Sunk costs are those parts of the purchase cost that cannot later be salvaged or modified throug