Methodological issues in cost‐effectiveness studies: a brief overview Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractThis article discussed two methodological issues around cost‐effectiveness studies, including validity and transferability of results. In an economic analysis study, methods to costing, health utility measurement, and economic modeling represent three important sources that may threaten the validity. Variations in health systems and clinical practice, and differential resource use and unit prices across regions and countries may have potentially large influence on transferability. The limitations of piggybacked design may also have implications for transferability. Caution is warranted in the design, conduct, and interpretation of cost‐effectiveness studies regarding their validity and transferability.

authors

• Sun, Xin
• Wang, Li
• Li, Youping

status

• published 

publication date

• November 2010

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (MeSH)
• Health Resources (MeSH)
• Health Services (MeSH)
• Reproducibility of Results (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Health Resources
• Health Services
• Reproducibility of Results

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2010.01098.x

PubMed ID

• 21349071

start page

• 201

end page

• 204

volume

• 3

issue

• 4