A framework for conducting economic evaluations alongside natural experiments

Telemedicine: A systematic review of economic evaluations

Background: Telemedicine is an expanded term in health information technology that comprises procedures for transmitting medical information electronically to improve patients’ health status. The objective of this research is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine interventions in various specialty areas.    Methods: The Cochrane Library and Centre for Review and Di...

Using resource use logs to reduce the amount of missing data in economic evaluations alongside trials.

OBJECTIVES Economic evaluations alongside randomized controlled trials that collect data using patient-completed questionnaires are prone to missing data. Our objective was to determine whether giving patients a resource use log (RUL) at baseline would improve the odds of completing questions in a follow-up resource use questionnaire (RUQ) and to identify patients' views on RUL's usefulness and...

Economic Evaluations Alongside Efficient Study Designs Using Large Observational Datasets: the PLEASANT Trial Case Study

BACKGROUND Large observational datasets such as Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) provide opportunities to conduct clinical studies and economic evaluations with efficient designs. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to report the economic evaluation methodology for a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a UK NHS-delivered public health intervention for children with asthma that w...

POLISH GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCTING PHARMACOECONOMIC EVALUATIONS (project)

Pharmacoeconomic evaluation i.e. economical analysis of pharmaceutical products is a method which in clear and precise way defines “added value “ that the product contributes to the health of society. The overall objective of pharmacoeconomic analysis is to provide reliable information that can support the decision making process in order to achieve efficiency in resource allocation. Pharmacoec...

From Social Experiments to Reform Initiatives: Implications for Designing and Conducting Evaluations