[Controversial Issues in Economic Evaluation (III): health Care Interventions in Special Situations]

Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2015 May-Jun;89(3):237-47. doi: 10.4321/S1135-57272015000300002.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The development of the economic evaluation of health care interventions has become a support tool in making decisions on pricing and reimbursement of new health interventions. The increasingly extensive application of these techniques has led to the identification of particular situations in which, for various reasons, it may be reasonable to take into account special considerations when applying the general principles of economic evaluation. In this article, which closes a series of three, we will discuss, using the Metaplan technique, about the economic evaluation of health interventions in special situations such as rare diseases and end of life treatments, as well as consideration of externalities in assessments, finally pointing out some research areas to solve the main problems identified in these fields.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis / ethics*
  • Health Care Costs / ethics*
  • Humans
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / economics
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / ethics
  • Rare Diseases / economics*
  • Rare Diseases / therapy
  • Spain
  • Terminal Care / economics*
  • Terminal Care / ethics