Integrated care and economic evaluation, strategies and perspectives. Workshop

The workshop will start with an introduction by Dr. H. Vondeling of some of the key concepts and basic typology of economic evaluation studies, which will be illustrated by means of economic evaluations of integrated care programmes. This is followed by a presentation by Dr. S. Evers on a trend analysis of economic evaluation studies in integrated care. An analysis of the numbers and specific fields focused upon in economic evaluations in integrated care programmes over time will be presented. Finally, Dr. T. Larsen will present an innovative approach to economic evaluation that may be relevant for integrated care projects in the field of public health and health promotion, based on insights from neuroeconomics. A plenary discussion will round off the one-hour workshop, which will result in increasing awareness of the audience on the contribution of economics to inform choices on the allocation of scarce resources in the field of integrated care.