Handling time in economic evaluation studies.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-40023
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
lime horizon and discounting are important issues in economic evaluation studies and have an impact on the priority of different programs.OBJECTIVE:
Provides supporting rational and theories to propose the appropriate discount rate for both cost and effect and time horizon for conducting economic evaluation studies in Thailand. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
Describe the theories that explain time horizon for both the cost of a study and its effect.CONCLUSION:
The recommended uniform discount rate for both costs and effects at the base case is 3% with a variance in range from 0-6% by sensitivity analysis. The time horizon should be long enough to capture the full costs and effects of the programs.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Research Design
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Thailand
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Time
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Humans
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Health Care Costs
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Models, Economic
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Evaluation studies
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Practice guideline
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Health economic evaluation
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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