Economic evaluations of eye care services for Indigenous populations in high-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous people in high-income countries have worse eye health outcomes when compared to non-Indigenous people, contributing to ongoing socioeconomic disadvantage. Although services have been designed to address these disparities, it is unclear if they have undergone comprehensive economic evaluation. Our scoping review aimed to identify the number, type, quality, and main findings of such evaluations.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library Database, the National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database, EconLit, and relevant grey literature were systematically searched as per our pre-registered protocol. All economic evaluations of real or model services designed to meet the eye care needs of Indigenous populations in high-income countries

SUBMITTER: Nejatian MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549826 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature