A Systematic Review of Methods Used by Pediatric Cost-Utility Analyses to Include Family Spillover Effects.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A child's health condition affects family members' health and well-being. However, pediatric cost-utility analysis (CUA) commonly ignores these family spillover effects leading to an incomplete understanding of the cost and benefits of a child's health intervention. Methodological challenges exist in assessing, valuing, and incorporating family spillover effects.

Objective

This study systematically reviews and compare methods used to include family spillover effects in pediatric CUAs.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, EconLit, Cochrane collection, CINAHL, INAHTA, and the Pediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE) database from inception to 2020 to identify pediatric CUAs that included family spillover effects. The search was u

SUBMITTER: Lamsal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810985 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature