Economic analysis of the health impacts of housing improvement studies: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic evaluation of public policies has been advocated but rarely performed. Studies from a systematic review of the health impacts of housing improvement included data on costs and some economic analysis. Examination of these data provides an opportunity to explore the difficulties and the potential for economic evaluation of housing.

Methods

Data were extracted from all studies included in the systematic review of housing improvement which had reported costs and economic analysis (n=29/45). The reported data were assessed for their suitability to economic evaluation. Where an economic analysis was reported the analysis was described according to pre-set definitions of various types of economic analysis used in the field of health economics.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Fenwick E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786632 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature