Information on the costs and benefits of eHealth interventions is needed, not only to
document value for money and to support decision making in the field, but also to form the …

OBJECTIVES: In this article, we describe how to include considerations about resource
utilization when making recommendations according to the Grading of Recommendations …

The latest edition builds on the success of previous volumes with the addition of several new
services and some changes requested by readers. Funded by the Department of Health and …

The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement aims to improve the
reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs); however, it lacks guidance on the reporting …

Background Policymakers in high-, low-, and middle-income countries alike face
challenging choices about resource allocation in health. Economic evaluation can be useful …

The burden of cancer is growing, and the disease is becoming a major economic
expenditure for all developed countries. In 2008, the worldwide cost of cancer due to …

Background Infections acquired in hospital are an important cause of morbidity and mortality
in very preterm infants. Several small trials have suggested that supplementing the enteral …

A growing number of jurisdictions now request economic data in support of their decision-
making procedures for the pricing and/or reimbursement of health technologies. Because …

Abstract Models for the economic evaluation of health technologies provide valuable
information to decision makers. The choice of model structure is rarely discussed in …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 REALIST RESEARCH DOING Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded
SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a …