The Influence of Economic Evaluation Studies on Health Care Decision Making: A European Survey / Edition 1

by J. Matthias Schulenburg

Overview

Despite the growing activity in the field of health economics very little is known about the influence of economic evaluation studies on health care decision making in the EU member states. Several investigations about the impact of health economic studies on decision making have been done, but most of them did not involve decision makers themselves. In this book the results of the EUROMET survey are reported and discussed. To allowing an international perspective, different types of decision makers in nine European countries were surveyed. Besides the extent of knowledge about
economic evaluation, the actual and potential use of study results as well as barriers and incentives for the use of economic evaluation studies had been investigated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586030292
Publisher:	IOS Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Biomedical and Health Research Series
Pages:	161
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Contributors	ix
Part I	The Use of Economic Evaluation Studies in Health Care Decision-Making
	The Use of Economic Evaluation Studies in Health Care Decision-Making Summary Report	3
Part II	The Influence of Economic Evaluation Studies on Decision-Making - Results from the Country Surveys
	Results from the Austrian Survey	19
	The Finnish Country Report	35
	Medio-economic Methods in France	43
	The Influence of Economic Evaluation Studies on Decision-Making - Results from a Survey among German Decision-Makers	51
	The Dutch Results from the Euromet Project	65
	Summary of Survey about Health Economics in Norway	73
	The Impact of Economic Evaluation on Decision-Making in Portugal	77
	Report of the Spanish Field Work	89
	Economic Evaluation in the United Kingdom National Health Service	97
Part III	Do Physicians Accept Quality of Life and Utility Measurement?
	Do Physicians Accept Quality of Life and Utility Measurement? Results from a Survey among German Physicians	109
Part IV	Characteristics of the Focus Group Approach
	Analysing the Role of Economic Evaluation on Decision-Making in the Health Care System in Spain: a Focus Group Approach	119
	Appendix
	EUROMET Questionnaire	137
	EUROMET Interview Schedule	143
	Supplementary Questionnaire for Physicians on Quality of Life and Utility Measurement	157
	Author Index	161