Shields, G.E., Pennington, B. orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-022X, Bullement, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-7091-0972 et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Out of date or best before? A commentary on the relevance of economic evaluations over time. PharmacoEconomics, 40 (3). pp. 249-256. ISSN 1170-7690
Abstract
The impact of time on the applicability and relevance of historical economic evaluations can be considerable. Ignoring this may lead to the use of weak or invalid evidence to inform important research questions or resource allocation decisions, as historical economic evaluations may have reached different conclusions compared to if a similar study had been conducted more recently. There are multiple factors that contribute towards evidence becoming outdated including changes to the relevant decision problem (e.g. comparators), changes to parameters (such as costs, utilities and resource use) and methodological updates (e.g. recommendations on uncertainty analysis). Researchers reviewing economic evaluations need to consider whether changes over time would influence the study design and results if the evaluation were repeated, to the extent that it is no longer helpful or informative. In this paper, we summarise these key issues and make recommendations about how and whether researchers can future proof their economic evaluations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in PharmacoEconomics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2021 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40273-021-01116-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181697 |