Health technology assessment to support health benefits package design: a systematic review of economic evaluation evidence in Zambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health technology assessment uses explicit economic evaluation evidence to support health benefits package design. However, the limited availability of technical expertise, data, and methods has restricted the production of economic evaluation evidence in low- and middle-income countries. Zambia has initiated a roadmap to support its policy of reviewing and implementing its national benefits package. This study characterises economic evaluation evidence to support this process's evidence mapping, synthesis, and appraisal stages.

Methods

This systematic review applies deductive analysis and the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses. Four databases were searched to identify studies from 1993 that coincided with Zambia's health benefits pa

SUBMITTER: Simangolwa WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572362 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature