More than cost-effectiveness? Applying a second-stage filter to improve policy decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Apart from cost-effectiveness, considerations like equity and acceptability may affect health-care priority setting. Preferably, priority setting combines evidence evaluation with an appraisal procedure, to elicit and weigh these considerations.

Objective

To demonstrate a structured approach for eliciting and evaluating a broad range of assessment criteria, including key stakeholders' values, aiming to support decision makers in priority setting.

Methods

For a set of cost-effective substitute interventions for depression care, the appraisal criteria were adopted from the Australian Assessing Cost-Effectiveness initiative. All substitute interventions were assessed in an appraisal, using focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews conducted among

SUBMITTER: Kan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8369110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature