Review of Australian Health Economic Evaluation - 245 interventions: What Can We Say About Cost-Effectiveness?

Abstract

Background/Aims There is an increasing body of published health economic evaluations which can be used to inform priority setting in health. We sought to draw this material together to make it accessible to policy makers and to establish if simple generalisations emerge about types of health care interventions or population targets that appear more or less cost-effective. We limited our study to 'Australian' economic evaluations to achieve consistency in costs and in view of the formal mechanisms for including cost effectiveness in priority setting and resource allocation for pharmaceuticals and new medical technologies in Australia, which has generated considerbale policy interest in the co..