Economic Evaluation Methods

Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
September 6, 2025
Mapping SF-12 to EQ-5D: A Regression Analysis
How to map SF-12 scores to EQ-5D utilities with regression for cost-utility analysis, and the accuracy of mapping methods.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
September 6, 2025
WHO-CHOICE: Updating Disease Control Program Support Costs
How WHO-CHOICE estimates programme support costs for disease control, and why costs beyond service delivery matter.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
September 6, 2025
Review of 1993 World Development Report Health Methodology
A critical review of the health methodology behind the 1993 World Development Report, including DALYs and cost-effectiveness.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
September 5, 2025
Developing Discrete Choice Experiments for Digital Health Uptake
How to develop discrete choice experiments to study digital health uptake: design steps and methodological considerations.
Reading time: 5 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
September 2, 2025
Florida’s Osteoporosis Burden: Present Costs and Future Projections
The current costs and future projections of osteoporosis in Florida, and what an ageing population means for the burden.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Outcome Measures & Health-State Valuation, Research Methods
August 29, 2025
Valuing Health States: Methods and Findings from PRET and PRET-AS
Methods and findings from the PRET and PRET-AS projects on valuing health states for economic evaluation.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
August 27, 2025
Constructive Technology Assessment in Health Care
Constructive technology assessment in health care: how to shape new technologies early through stakeholder dialogue.
Reading time: 9 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
August 26, 2025
Measuring Health-State Preferences: Strategies and Methodologies
Strategies for measuring health-state preferences: standard gamble, time trade-off, rating scales and their trade-offs.
Reading time: 7 minutes
Economic Evaluation & HTA, Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Research Methods
August 26, 2025
Costs of Illness in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Review
How costs of illness should be handled in cost-effectiveness analysis: a review of the methodological debate.
Reading time: 9 minutes
Economic Evaluation & HTA, Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Research Methods
August 26, 2025
EUnetHTA: Practical Tools for Health Technology Assessment in Europe
Practical tools from EUnetHTA for health technology assessment in Europe, including the HTA Core Model.
Reading time: 8 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
August 23, 2025
Scaling Methods for Measuring Health-State Preferences
Scaling methods for measuring health-state preferences: rating scales and other techniques, from Froberg and Kane.
Reading time: 9 minutes
Economic Evaluation & HTA, Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Research Methods
August 21, 2025
Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: A Review
A review of discrete choice experiments in health economics: design trends, applications and methodological issues.
Reading time: 7 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Health Financing & Costs, Research Methods
August 17, 2025
Intensive Care Costs Across Four European Countries
Direct costs of an intensive care unit stay in four European countries, and how a standardised costing methodology makes ICU costs comparable.
Reading time: 4 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
August 16, 2025
Cost-of-Illness Studies: Review of Direct Cost Methodologies
A systematic review of the methods used to estimate direct costs in US cost-of-illness studies, and why they vary.
Reading time: 3 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Health Economics, Outcome Measures & Health-State Valuation, Research Methods
August 14, 2025
Time Trade-off: Methodologies, Variations, and Standardization
Time trade-off in health valuation: how TTO methods vary across studies, why it matters for QALYs, and Attema et al.’s call for standardisation.
Reading time: 5 minutes
Economic Evaluation Methods, Research Methods
August 14, 2025
QALY Calculation: Methodology and Transparency in Research
How QALYs are calculated in trial-based cost-utility analyses: a review of 23 studies showing inconsistent methods and poor transparency.
Reading time: 6 minutes
















