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Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?

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Title
Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?
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BMC Health Services Research, April 2011
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-11-75
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Authors

Ferrán Catalá-López, Anna García-Altés, Elena Álvarez-Martín, Ricard Gènova-Maleras, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar, Antoni Parada

Abstract

The allocation of limited available healthcare resources demands an agreed rational allocation principle and the consequent priority setting. We assessed the association between economic evaluations of healthcare interventions published in Spain (1983-2008) and the disease burden in the population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Kenya 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Taiwan 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 84 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 13%
Researcher 11 12%
Student > Postgraduate 8 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Other 20 22%
Unknown 15 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 27%
Social Sciences 9 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 7%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 7%
Other 15 17%
Unknown 22 25%