title: Using health economic models to help guide healthcare decisions.
abstract: This editorial accompanies a research article being published by Clinical Medical Research and Opinion (CMRO) journal, entitled "Methods applied in cost-effectiveness models for treatment strategies in type 2 diabetes mellitus and their use in Health Technology Assessments: a systematic review of the literature from 2008 to 2013". The importance and the contribution of this research to the scientific community are presented on the grounds of serving the decision-making process of evaluating and approving T2DM treatments for public funding.
authors.affiliation: a Pharmerit International , Rotterdam , the Netherlands (at the time of the research).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Charokopou
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic
keywords: Diabetes; Health economics; Model; Qualitative assessment; Systematic literature review