Economic effects of priority setting in healthcare: a scoping review of current evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Study objective was to map the current literature on the economic effects of priority setting at the system level in healthcare.

Design

The study was conducted as a scoping review.

Data sources

Scopus electronic database was searched in June 2023.

Eligibility criteria

We included peer-reviewed articles published 1 January 2020-1 January 2023. All study designs that contained empirical evidence on the financial effects or opportunity costs of healthcare priority setting were included excluding disease, condition, treatment, or patient group-specific studies.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two independent researchers screened the articles, and two additional researchers reviewed the full texts and extracted data. We used Joanna Briggs Institute c

SUBMITTER: Leskela RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575277 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature