Economic evaluation in evidence-based practice.
The economic evaluation of health care interventions and technologies is an essential part of any modern healthcare system. In recent years a growing demand for information about the economic benefits of healthcare technologies has seen a significant increase in the number of published economic evaluations of healthcare. Economic evaluation reviews have demonstrated considerable methodological flaws in a significant number of analyses in health care. Widely accepted guidance regarding the manner in which multinational economic evaluations should be designed, analysed and presented is still awaited. The main types of economic analyses are described in this article, providing a framework along which to evaluate them.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford, Department of Clinical Medicine, The Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, UK. markolens@aol.com
Marko B
MB
Lens
Martin
M
Dawes
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000191:economics*