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A systematic review of scope and quality of health economic evaluation studies in Vietnam.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Health Economic Evaluations and Budget Impact Analyses to Inform Healthcare Decision-Making in Central America.Applied health economics and health policy · 2023Pooled it
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- Systematic Review of Health Economic Evaluation Studies Developed in Brazil from 1980 to 2013.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Quality Assessment of Published Articles in Iranian Journals Related to Economic Evaluation in Health Care Programs Based on Drummond's Checklist: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2017Review
- Health Technology Assessment capacity development in low- and middle-income countries: Experiences from the international units of HITAP and NICE.F1000Research · 2017Article
- The influence of cost-per-DALY information in health prioritisation and desirable features for a registry: a survey of health policy experts in Vietnam, India and Bangladesh.Health research policy and systems · 2016Article
- Health status and health service utilization in remote and mountainous areas in Vietnam.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2016Article
- Behavioral and quality-of-life outcomes in different service models for methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionThe application of health economic evaluation (HEE) evidence can play an important role in strategic planning and policy making. This study aimed to assess the scope and quality of existing research, with the goal of elucidating implications for improving the use of HEE evidence in Vietnam.
methodsA comprehensive search strategy was developed to search medical online databases (Medline, Google Scholar, and Vietnam Medical Databases) to select all types of HEE studies except cost-only analyses. Two researchers assessed the quality of selected studies using the Quality of Health Economic Studies (QHES) instrument.
resultsWe selected 26 studies, including 6 published in Vietnam. The majority of these studies focused on infectious diseases (14 studies), with HIV being the most common topic (5 studies). Most papers were cost-effectiveness studies that measured health outcomes using DALY units. Using QHES, we found that the overall quality of HEE studies published internationally was much higher (mean score 88.7+13.3) than that of those published in Vietnam (mean score 67.3+22.9). Lack of costing perspectives, reliable data sources and sensitivity analysis were the main shortcomings of the reviewed studies.
conclusionThis review indicates that HEE studies published in Vietnam are limited in scope and number, as well as by several important technical errors or omissions. It is necessary to formalize the process of health economic research in Vietnam and to institutionalize the links between researchers and policy-makers. Additionally, the quality of HEE should be enhanced through education about research techniques, and the implementation of standard HEE guidelines.
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