Update of the Dutch manual for costing studies in health care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dutch health economic guidelines include a costing manual, which describes preferred research methodology for costing studies and reference prices to ensure high quality studies and comparability between study outcomes. This paper describes the most important revisions of the costing manual compared to the previous version.

Methods

An online survey was sent out to potential users of the costing manual to identify topics for improvement. The costing manual was aligned with contemporary health economic guidelines. All methodology sections and parameter values needed for costing studies, particularly reference prices, were updated. An expert panel of health economists was consulted several times during the review process. The revised manual was reviewed by two member

SUBMITTER: Kanters TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679627 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature