Generalizing costs from trials. Analyzing center selection bias in a breast screening trial.
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 14 (3) , 494-504
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300011478
Abstract
With a growing number of economic evaluations being conducted alongside trials, there is a need to address, and if necessary, investigate the generalizability of results derived from trials. This paper explores the generalizability of costs from a trial investigating the frequency of breast cancer screening in the United Kingdom.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Biases in cost measurement for economic evaluation studies in health careHealth Economics, 1996
- Making cost assessments based on RCTs more useful to decision-makersHealth Policy, 1996
- An exercise on the feasibility of carrying out secondary economic analysesHealth Economics, 1996
- Uncertainty in the economic evaluation of health care technologies: The role of sensitivity analysisHealth Economics, 1994
- Some Factors to Consider when Using the Results of Economic Evaluation Studies at the Population LevelInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1994
- Issues in the Cross-National Assessment of Health TechnologyInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1992
- Economic Analysis Alongside Clinical Trials: Revisiting the Methodological IssuesInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1991