Increasing the impact of economic evaluations on health care decision-making

Douglas Coyle

No 108chedp, Working Papers from Centre for Health Economics, University of York

Abstract: Although there is a substantial amount of literature recording the increasing number of economic evaluations of health care interventions, there is little discussion of the level of impact such studies have had on decision-making. In this paper the evidence relating to impact which does exist is examined. The implication from this is that social science research has made little direct impact on health care decision-making. Theories relating to the process of research utilisation in decision-making are examined to ascertain why research may fail to be of influence. This leads to the conclusion that a major determinant of the level of impact made by research are the actions of the researchers. This paper concludes with the recommendations to researchers on how to increase the level of influence made by studies.

Pages: 40 pages
Date: 1993-07
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