A Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Studies Reporting Cost-per-DALY Averted.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Calculating the cost per disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted associated with interventions is an increasing popular means of assessing the cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve population health. However, there has been no systematic attempt to characterize the literature and its evolution.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies reporting cost-per-DALY averted from 2000 through 2015. We developed the Global Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry, a repository of English-language cost-per-DALY averted studies indexed in PubMed. To identify candidate studies, we searched PubMed for articles with titles or abstracts containing the phrases "disability-adjusted" or "DALY". Two reviewers with training in he

SUBMITTER: Neumann PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5179084 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature