Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies: a review of methodological recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies (DNT) is important to provide information that helps avoid undesirable developments and implementations as well as increase the chances of success of developed applications. At the same time, studies and evidence on cost-effectiveness are still very rare in this field. Review studies in related technology areas such as telemedicine frequently criticise the quality and comparability of health economic evaluations conducted in this field. Based on a content analysis of methodological literature on the economic evaluation of innovative (digital) technologies in health and nursing, this article aims to identify specific challenges in this research area and offers recommendations on how to address these challenges to

SUBMITTER: Huter K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature