Heаlthcаre resоurces аre limited, requiring tradeоffs amоng competing uses. Many interventions that improve population health occur outside the clinical care system. Explain the purpose of economic evaluation in healthcare decision-making and what it is designed to compare. Using the health production framework, analyze why public health or social determinant interventions may generate high social returns but remain underfunded in market-based systems. In your answer, explain how economic evaluation can clarify these tradeoffs while still leaving important policy choices unresolved.