Measurement of costs.
Artículo
en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-45268
ABSTRACT
Costing plays an important role in health economics, particularly economic evaluation. However, there are some controversial issues concepts, methods and reference values. Hence, it is pivotal to standardize can be con costing methods and use these as national guidelines to produce comparable studies. This report is divided perspectives. into 3 parts theoretical issues, international guidelines comparison, and recommendations for the Thai technology assessment guidelines. Each section is composed of three general costing steps:
identification, appropriate, measuring and valuation. It is recommended to measure economic or opportunity cost mainly in societal perspective. Cost category is composed of direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect costs. The level of reliability of each kind of costing source data is provided. Valuation of resource use based on national government, standard cost menu is recommended for national policy making. The recommendations on cost measurement are appropriate for the Thai context and in the current situation.
Texto completo:
Disponible
Índice:
IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Evaluación de la Tecnología Biomédica
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Tailandia
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Humanos
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Modelos Econométricos
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Análisis Costo-Beneficio
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Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto
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Asignación de Recursos
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Política de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Guía de Práctica Clínica
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Evaluación Económica en Salud
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Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud
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Estudio pronóstico
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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