A Scoping Review for Economic Evaluation of Korean Medicine for Whiplash Associated Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
Shin-Woo Kang ◽  
Yun Gyeong Hwang ◽  
Man-Suk Hwang ◽  
Hye-Yoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Whiplash Associated Disorders

scholarly journals Towards standardization of economic evaluation research in the youth psychosocial care sector: A broad consultation in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
Silvia M.A.A. Evers ◽  
Carmen D. Dircksen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Long Run

Introduction: Stakeholders are increasingly interested in the societal impact of psychosocial interventions in the youth sector, in terms of costs and quality of life, as well as in outcomes research. The aim of this broad consultation was to reach consensus regarding the steps to be undertaken to set a research agenda for the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) programme. Methods: The broad consultation consisted of an eight-step procedure, including the conceptualization of a consultation document consisting of a scoping review of (mainly) international opinion/methodological literature and an inventory of existing Dutch guidelines and manuals for economic evaluation, a written consultation procedure among a broad range of stakeholders, and a consultation meeting with these stakeholders. Results: In total 21 documents were included in the scoping review. A total of 24 stakeholders participated in the written consultation procedure and 14 stakeholders during the consultation meeting. The methodological issues and challenges, which were ranked in the top 5 by the stakeholders, are (i) outcome measurement, (ii) outcome identification, (iii) cost valuation, (iv) outcome valuation, and (v) time horizon/analytical approach. The existing guidelines and manuals provided guidance for some, but not all, issues and challenges. Discussion and Conclusion: This broad consultation has contributed to a research agenda for the ZonMw programme, which will in the long run lead to the standardization of economic evaluations in this sector in the Netherlands and methodological improvement of economic evaluations in the Dutch youth sector.

scholarly journals Impact, economic evaluation, and sustainability of integrated vector management in urban settings to prevent vector-borne diseases: a scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Marcos-Marcos ◽  
Antonio Olry de Labry-Lima ◽  
Silvia Toro-Cardenas ◽  
Marina Lacasaña ◽  
Stéphanie Degroote ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Integrated Vector Management ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Management ◽  
Vector Borne

scholarly journals The effectiveness, safety, and economic evaluation of Korean medicine for unexplained infertile women

Medicine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (51) ◽  
pp. e9360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Hyun Kim ◽  
Junyoung Jo ◽  
Dong-Il Kim
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Infertile Women

scholarly journals Determining if Telehealth Can Reduce Health System Costs: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Centaine L Snoswell ◽  
Monica L Taylor ◽  
Tracy A Comans ◽  
Anthony C Smith ◽  
Leonard C Gray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Health System ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Productivity Gains

BACKGROUND Telehealth represents an opportunity for Australia to harness the power of technology to redesign the way health care is delivered. The potential benefits of telehealth include increased accessibility to care, productivity gains for health providers and patients through reduced travel, potential for cost savings, and an opportunity to develop culturally appropriate services that are more sensitive to the needs of special populations. The uptake of telehealth has been hindered at times by clinician reluctance and policies that preclude metropolitan populations from accessing telehealth services. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate if telehealth reduces health system costs compared with traditional service models and to identify the scenarios in which cost savings can be realized. METHODS A scoping review was undertaken to meet the study aims. Initially, literature searches were conducted using broad terms for telehealth and economics to identify economic evaluation literature in telehealth. The investigators then conducted an expert focus group to identify domains where telehealth could reduce health system costs, followed by targeted literature searches for corresponding evidence. RESULTS The cost analyses reviewed provided evidence that telehealth reduced costs when health system–funded travel was prevented and when telehealth mitigated the need for expensive procedural or specialist follow-up by providing competent care in a more efficient way. The expert focus group identified 4 areas of potential savings from telehealth: productivity gains, reductions in secondary care, alternate funding models, and telementoring. Telehealth demonstrated great potential for productivity gains arising from health system redesign; however, under the Australian activity-based funding, it is unlikely that these gains will result in cost savings. Secondary care use mitigation is an area of promise for telehealth; however, many studies have not demonstrated overall cost savings due to the cost of administering and monitoring telehealth systems. Alternate funding models from telehealth systems have the potential to save the health system money in situations where the consumers pay out of pocket to receive services. Telementoring has had minimal economic evaluation; however, in the long term it is likely to result in inadvertent cost savings through the upskilling of generalist and allied health clinicians. CONCLUSIONS Health services considering implementing telehealth should be motivated by benefits other than cost reduction. The available evidence has indicated that although telehealth provides overwhelmingly positive patient benefits and increases productivity for many services, current evidence suggests that it does not routinely reduce the cost of care delivery for the health system.

scholarly journals Incorporating Cascade Effects of Genetic Testing in Economic Evaluation: A Scoping Review of Methodological Challenges

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 346
Author(s):  
Alexandra Cernat ◽  
Robin Z. Hayeems ◽  
Lisa A. Prosser ◽  
Wendy J. Ungar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
System Level ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Genetic Technologies ◽  
Cascade Effects

Cascade genetic testing is indicated for family members of individuals testing positive on a genetic test, and is particularly relevant for child health because of their vulnerability and the long-term health and economic implications. Cascade testing has patient- and health system-level implications; however cascade costs and health effects are not routinely considered in economic evaluation. The methodological challenges associated with incorporating cascade effects in economic evaluation require examination. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify published economic evaluations that considered cascade genetic testing. Citation databases were searched for English-language economic evaluations reporting on cascade genetic testing. Nineteen publications were included. In four, genetic testing was used to identify new index patients—cascade effects were also considered; thirteen assessed cascade genetic testing strategies for the identification of at-risk relatives; and two calculated the costs of cascade genetic testing as a secondary objective. Methodological challenges associated with incorporating cascade effects in economic evaluation are related to study design, costing, measurement and valuation of health outcomes, and modeling. As health economic studies may currently be underestimating both the cost and health benefits attributable to genetic technologies through omission of cascade effects, development of methods to address these difficulties is required.

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