title: Costing methods in the Canadian literature on the economic evaluation of health care. A survey and assessment.
abstract: We reviewed the Canadian literature on cost-effectiveness from 1980-95 with regard to costing methodologies. We abstracted each study using a list of data elements that describe costing methodology, and evaluated costing methodologies in the light of biases in costing methods, site, and case-mix selection.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bachynsky
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D002170:Canada; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design