Growth and capacity for cost‐effectiveness analysis in Africa
| Autor: | Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Joanna Emerson, David D. Kim, Daniel A. Ollendorf, Avnee Patel, Yot Teerawattananon, Brittany D’Cruz, Ari D. Panzer, Saudamini Dabak, Peter J. Neumann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economic growth economic evaluation Databases Factual cost‐effectiveness analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Health Economics Letters universal health coverage 03 medical and health sciences Universal Health Insurance 0502 economics and business Institution Humans Quality (business) Registries 050207 economics network analysis Africa South of the Sahara media_common 030503 health policy & services Health Policy 05 social sciences Cost-effectiveness analysis Health Economics Letter Study Characteristics Africa Economic evaluation Business 0305 other medical science Knowledge transfer |
| Zdroj: | Health Economics |
| ISSN: | 1099-1050 1057-9230 |
| Popis: | As economic evaluation becomes increasingly essential to support universal health coverage (UHC), we aim to understand the growth, characteristics, and quality of cost‐effectiveness analyses (CEA) conducted for Africa and to assess institutional capacity and relationship patterns among authors. We searched the Tufts Medical Center CEA Registries and four databases to identify CEAs for Africa. After extracting relevant information, we examined study characteristics, cost‐effectiveness ratios, individual and institutional contribution to the literature, and network dyads at the author, institution, and country levels. The 358 identified CEAs for Africa primarily focused on sub‐Saharan Africa (96%) and interventions for communicable diseases (77%). Of 2,121 intervention‐specific ratios, 8% were deemed cost‐saving, and most evaluated immunizations strategies. As 64% of studies included at least one African author, we observed widespread collaboration among international researchers and institutions. However, only 23% of first authors were affiliated with African institutions. The top producers of CEAs among African institutions are more adherent to methodological and reporting guidelines. Although economic evidence in Africa has grown substantially, the capacity for generating such evidence remains limited. Increasing the ability of regional institutions to produce high‐quality evidence and facilitate knowledge transfer among African institutions has the potential to inform prioritization decisions for designing UHC. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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