Patterns, trends and methodological associations in the measurement and valuation of childhood health utilities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To systematically assess patterns and temporal changes in the measurement and valuation of childhood health utilities and associations between methodological factors.

Methods

Studies reporting childhood health utilities using direct or indirect valuation methods, published by June 2017, were identified through PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, EconLit, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and PEDE. The following were explored: patterns in tariff application; linear trends in numbers of studies/samples and paediatric cost-utility analyses (CUAs) and associations between them; changes in proportions of studies/samples within characteristic-based categories over pre-specified periods; impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on primary UK

SUBMITTER: Kwon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571090 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature