Identifying Priority Methodological Issues in Economic Evaluation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Finding the Holy Grail

• DOI: 10.7490/f1000research.1114788.1
• Publication Date: 2017-09-25
• Authors: Alia Luz; Benjarin Santatiw...; Juntana Pattanaph...; Yot Teerawattananon
• Keywords: Holy Grail; Economic Evaluation

There is increasing demand for economic evaluation in healthcare policy making. However, the use of studies limited, especially low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A literature review found that methodological quality lower LMICs than high-income which limits this kind study. This project was initiated through international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) order to identify issues limit evaluations. From priority list finalized from study, potential solutions research questions were derived on how solve issues.