QALY league table of Iran: a practical method for better resource allocation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The limited health care resources cannot meet all the demands of the society. Thus, decision makers have to choose feasible interventions and reject the others. We aimed to collect and summarize the results of all cost utility analysis studies that were conducted in Iran and develop a Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) league table.

Methods

A systematic mapping review was conducted to identify all cost utility analysis studies done in Iran and then map them in a table. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, Web of Science, as well as Iranian databases like Iran Medex, SID, Magiran, and Barakat Knowledge Network System were all searched for articles published from the inception of the databases to January 2020. Additionally, Cost per QALY or Incremental Cost Utility Rati

SUBMITTER: Hashempour R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature