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PRIORITIES FOR HEALTH ECONOMIC METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH: RESULTS OF AN EXPERT CONSULTATION

Part of: Special Collection - Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

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Christos Chouaid Open the ORCID record for Christos Chouaid [Opens in a new window] ,
Pim Cuijpers Open the ORCID record for Pim Cuijpers [Opens in a new window] ,
William Dab ,
Johanna Maria van Dongen ,
Jaime Espin ,
Bengt Jönsson ,
Christian Léonard ,
David McDaid  and
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David Tordrup
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Representation to the EU dtordrup@gmail.com
Christos Chouaid
Affiliation:
Respiratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Pim Cuijpers
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
William Dab
Affiliation:
French National Institute for Science, Technology and Management (Cnam), Chair of Hygiene and Safety
Johanna Maria van Dongen
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jaime Espin
Affiliation:
Andalusian School of Public Health
Bengt Jönsson
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Christian Léonard
Affiliation:
Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre
David McDaid
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science
Martin McKee
Affiliation:
Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
José Pereira Miguel
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa
Anita Patel
Affiliation:
Centre for Primary Care & Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
Jean-Yves Reginster
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Liège
Walter Ricciardi
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Rome
Maureen Rutten-van Molken
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Technology Assessment/Institute of Health Care Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Valentina Prevolnik Rupel
Affiliation:
Institute for Economic Research
Tracey Sach
Affiliation:
Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Franco Sassi
Affiliation:
Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Norman Waugh
Affiliation:
Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Roberto Bertollini
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Representation to the EU
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Abstract

Background: The importance of economic evaluation in decision making is growing with increasing budgetary pressures on health systems. Diverse economic evidence is available for a range of interventions across national contexts within Europe, but little attention has been given to identifying evidence gaps that, if filled, could contribute to more efficient allocation of resources. One objective of the Research Agenda for Health Economic Evaluation project is to determine the most important methodological evidence gaps for the ten highest burden conditions in the European Union (EU), and to suggest ways of filling these gaps.

Methods: The highest burden conditions in the EU by Disability Adjusted Life Years were determined using the Global Burden of Disease study. Clinical interventions were identified for each condition based on published guidelines, and economic evaluations indexed in MEDLINE were mapped to each intervention. A panel of public health and health economics experts discussed the evidence during a workshop and identified evidence gaps.

Results: The literature analysis contributed to identifying cross-cutting methodological and technical issues, which were considered by the expert panel to derive methodological research priorities.

Conclusions: The panel suggests a research agenda for health economics which incorporates the use of real-world evidence in the assessment of new and existing interventions; increased understanding of cost-effectiveness according to patient characteristics beyond the “-omics” approach to inform both investment and disinvestment decisions; methods for assessment of complex interventions; improved cross-talk between economic evaluations from health and other sectors; early health technology assessment; and standardized, transferable approaches to economic modeling.

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Economic evaluationCost-effectiveness analysisMethodsExpert opinionResearch agenda
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , 2017 , pp. 609 - 619
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