Economic Evaluation Studies

Uncertainty in economic evaluation studies.

As we could see in the previous articles of the economic evaluation series, there is a large set of information required for decision makers on health expenditures and outcomes, and the way they spread over time. In order to obtain this information, epidemiological, economic, mathematical and statistical methods are used, but they all have limitations which are inherent to any scientific method...

Outcomes in health economic evaluation studies.

Correspondence: Marcus Tolentino Silva – Rod. Raposo Tavares, Km 92,5, Sorocaba-SP, CEP: 18023-000 E-mail: [email protected] Health economic evaluation studies are conducted in many different ways, depending on the health outcomes selected. In the present paper, we discuss the main types of outcomes used, presenting their characteristics, how to measure them and the scientific evidences that t...

Generalisability in economic evaluation studies in healthcare

The Need to Conduct Economic Evaluation Studies of Nursing Care in Iran

All health systems around the world are facing a lack of adequate financial resources to meet the health needs of their citizens. Health policymakers use economics and policy sciences to solve this problem and implement appropriate strategies for prioritizing and allocating limited resources to meet unlimited health needs. In this way, conducting Health Economic Evaluation studies to provide ev...

Economic evaluation, human immunodeficiency virus infection and screening: a review and critical appraisal of economic studies.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to review, systematically and critically, evidence used to derive estimates of cost-effectiveness of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening. METHODS A systematic review was conducted. Searched were three main electronic bibliographic databases from 1993 to 2008 using key words including HIV, mass screening, HAART, economic evaluation, cost-effectiven...