Showing posts with label World Health Organization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Health Organization. Show all posts

Friday, 7 November 2014

What is the evidence on the economic impacts of integrated care?

"There is evidence of cost–effectiveness of selected integrated care approaches but the evidence base remains weak. Eight of the nineteen studies reported on cost–effectiveness."

What is the evidence on the economic impacts of integrated care?
E Nolte, E Pitchforth
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
World Health Organization
2014

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Monday, 8 September 2014

Guidance on priority setting in health care

"This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to healthcare priority setting and should be considered in addition to cost-effectiveness analysis."

Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis
OF Norheim et al.
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2014, 12:18

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