Development of an instrument (Cost-IS) to estimate costs of implementation strategies for digital health solutions: a modified e-Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is important to determine the relative value of health innovations when allocating limited healthcare resources. Implementation strategies require and consume healthcare resources yet are often excluded from published economic evaluations. This paper reports on the development of a pragmatic implementation costing instrument to assist with the planning, delivery, and evaluation of digital health implementation strategies.

Methods

A modified e-Delphi process was adopted to develop an implementation costing instrument. Purposive sampling was used to recruit a panel of experts in implementation science, health economic evaluations and/or digital health from the academic, government, clinical or health service sectors. In each round, participants were sent an elect

SUBMITTER: Donovan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889902 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature