Health Economic Assessment: A Methodological Primer

作者：Simoens Steven^*

来源：International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009, 6(12): 2950-2966.

DOI：10.3390/ijerph6122950

• health economics
• health technology
• cost study
• economic evaluation
• budget impact analysis

This review article aims to provide an introduction to the methodology of health economic assessment of a health technology. Attention is paid to defining the fundamental concepts and terms that are relevant to health economic assessments. The article describes the methodology underlying a cost study (identification, measurement and valuation of resource use, calculation of costs), an economic evaluation (type of economic evaluation, the cost-effectiveness plane, trial-and model-based economic evaluation, discounting, sensitivity analysis, incremental analysis), and a budget impact analysis. Key references are provided for those readers who wish a more advanced understanding of health economic assessments.

• 出版日期2009-12