“…Cost Utility Analysis (CUA) is a wider form of economic evaluation technique in which the consequences are generally measured in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), which attempt to capture and reflect both the quantity of life years added by a health care intervention and the quality of life resulting from intervention (Phillips, 2005;Bidgoli et al, 2014). In public health arena, CEA can be used to compare effectiveness of different public health strategies, which has proved to be an effective tool in decision making of health programs at community level in most countries (Nair et al, 2017). Physicians can play a key role in cost containment through preventing wastages, reducing use of unnecessary drugs, prescription of cheaper alternatives and optimal use of staff hours (Goeree and Diaby, 2013).…”