HOW TO INCORPORATE ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES- A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODS
Author(s)
Jos Kleijnen, MD, PhD, Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd., York, UK; Frederick Thielen, Msc, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Ghislaine APG van Mastrigt, PhD, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Ben Wijnen, MSc, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Presentation Documents
PURPOSE: Although it is recommended, economic evaluations (EEs) are not routinely incorporated in clinical practice guidelines. One of the reasons could be lack of knowledge on how to identify EEs and assess their quality by guideline developers. The purpose of this workshop is to provide hands-on training on how to identify relevant EEs and how to evaluate their quality.
DESCRIPTION: This workshop is based on a series of three papers on “How to Prepare a Systematic Review (SR) of EE for Clinical Practice Guidelines” in which a five-step-approach for conducting a SR of EE is proposed. Participants will first be introduced to the five-step-approach and will be given brief information regarding the several steps. Next, all participants will be asked to develop a search strategy in small groups based on a (pre)defined topic to identify studies regarding clinical effectiveness data combined with a validated search filter for EE identification. There will be guideline experts available to assist them. The most important topic/difficulties encountered in doing these searches will be discussed. Afterwards, an outline will be given on how to evaluate methodological quality of identified EEs and participants will be asked to assess the quality of a predetermined EE. This will be done in small groups supervised by experienced researchers. The last part of the workshop will focus on incorporating EE in clinical guidelines and to on problems/difficulties which one may encounter when performing a SR of EE.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-10, ISPOR Europe 2016, Vienna, Austria
Code
W32
Topic
Economic Evaluation, Organizational Practices