Unit Costs in Health Economic Evaluations: Quo Vadis, Austria?

ABSTRACT: Evidence-informed healthcare decision-making relies on high quality data inputs, including robust unit costs, which in many countries are not readily available. The objective of the Department of Health Economics' Unit Cost Online Database, developed based on systematic reviews of Austrian costing studies, is to make conducting economic evaluations from healthcare and societal perspectives more feasible with publicly available unit cost information in Austria. This article aims to describe trends in unit cost data sources and reporting using this comprehensive database as a case study to encourage relevant national and international methodological discussions. Database analysis and synthesis included publication/study characteristics and costing reporting details in line with the Consolida

SUBMITTER: Mayer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature