Inclusion of non-medical interventions in model-based economic evaluations for tuberculosis: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The economic evaluation of health interventions is important in priority setting. Several guidance documents exist to support the conduct of economic evaluations, however, there is limited guidance for the evaluation of non-medical interventions. For tuberculosis (TB), where equity-deserving groups are disproportionately impacted, assessing interventions aimed at addressing social risk factors is necessary to effectively reduce TB burden.

Objective

This scoping review seeks to assess the existing literature on model-based economic evaluations of TB interventions to gauge the extent to which non-medical interventions have been evaluated in low-TB-incidence jurisdictions. As a secondary objective, this review aims to characterize key features of existing economic ev

SUBMITTER: Ramsay LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10456154 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature