title: [Economic evaluations of health technologies: a global perspective for their implementation in Latin America].
abstract: Phenomena as the progressive increase of health expenditure and the population aging have lead many countries to consider economic methodologies in order to obtain bigger sanitary benefits in contexts of limited resources. This article describes the basic components to consider in a health technology assessment , it analyses the process of decision making with cost-effectiveness analysis and reports how this methodology has been widely implemented in Latin America and the rest of the world.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, Reino Unido.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Marianela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo-Riquelme
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zarate
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America