BenefitRisikoAbwägungen

BenefitRisikoA is a conceptual framework for assessing and comparing the benefits and risks of interventions or policies. It aims to provide a structured, transparent basis for decision‑making by weighting and integrating benefits and risks into a single assessment.

The framework typically defines a set of relevant benefits and risks, identifies stakeholders, and employs a scoring approach to quantify or categorize each item. It relies on available quantitative metrics where possible and uses qualitative judgment when data are uncertain.

The procedure generally involves stating scope and alternatives, listing benefits and risks, selecting indicators, assigning weights, calculating composite scores, and performing sensitivity or uncertainty analyses. Clear documentation of assumptions and data sources is encouraged.

Applications span healthcare, pharmacovigilance, public health policy, and product safety, among others. It is used to support regulatory decisions, resource allocation, and strategic planning by making trade-offs between positive and negative outcomes explicit.

Critics caution that BenefitRisikoA can be affected by subjective weighting, data quality, and the risk of oversimplifying complex value judgments. It also requires careful handling of uncertainty and transparency about limitations.

See also risk-benefit analysis, decision analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis, and benefit-cost analysis.