Economic evaluations of interventions against viral pandemics: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to suggestions that cost-effectiveness analyses should adopt a broader perspective when estimating costs. This review aims to provide an overview of economic evaluations of interventions against viral pandemics in terms of the perspective taken, types of costs included, comparators, type of economic model, data sources and methods for estimating productivity costs.

Study design

Scoping literature review.

Methods

Publications were eligible if they conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis or cost-minimisation analysis and evaluated interventions aimed at viral pandemics or for patients infected with viral pandemic disease. We searched PubMed, Embase and Scopus for relevant references a

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212686 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature