Experiences of Structured Elicitation for Model-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empirical evidence supporting the cost-effectiveness estimates of particular health care technologies may be limited, or it may even be missing entirely. In these situations, additional information, often in the form of expert judgments, is needed to reach a decision. There are formal methods to quantify experts' beliefs, termed as structured expert elicitation (SEE), but only limited research is available in support of methodological choices. Perhaps as a consequence, the use of SEE in the context of cost-effectiveness modelling is limited.

Objectives

This article reviews applications of SEE in cost-effectiveness modelling with the aim of summarizing the basis for methodological choices made in each application and recording the difficulties and challenges report

SUBMITTER: Soares MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6021555 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature