Economic Evaluation of Mental Health Interventions: an Introduction to Cost-utility Analysis

Overview

Journal Evid Based Ment Health

Specialty Psychology

Date 2016 Apr 15

PMID 27075444

Citations 14

Authors

Jeroen Luyten

Huseyin Naci

Martin Knapp

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Abstract

Finite resources need to be allocated over an ever-increasing range of competing health policies and interventions. Economic evaluation has been developed as a methodology to inform decision makers on the efficiency of particular resource allocations. In this paper we summarize cost-utility analysis, one of the most widely-used forms of economic evaluation in healthcare. We discuss its main elements, interpretation, limitations and relevance to the domain of mental health.

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