Health economic evaluations based on routine data in Germany: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Improved data access and funding for health services research have promoted the application of routine data to measure costs and effects of interventions within the German health care system. Following the trend towards real world evidence, this review aims to evaluate the status and quality of health economic evaluations based on routine data in Germany. METHODS:To identify relevant economic evaluations, a systematic literature search in the databases PubMed and EMBASE was complemented by a manual search. The included studies had to be full economic evaluations using German routine data to measure either costs, effects, or both. Study characteristics were assessed with a structured template. Additionally, the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS)

SUBMITTER: Gansen FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5894241 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature