Economic Evaluation of Complex Health and Social Care Interventions

Sarah Byford and Tom Sefton
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Sarah Byford: Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry. s.byford@iop.kcl.ac.uk.
Tom Sefton: Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion,London School of Economics. t.a.sefton@lse.ac.uk.

National Institute Economic Review, 2003, vol. 186, issue 1, 98-108

Abstract: The use of economic evaluation in relatively complex areas of health and social care has been limited. The level of complexity is influenced by the nature of the problems and interventions under evaluation, being dependent upon the degree of user involvement and the complexity of the inputs and outcomes. Complexity does not preclude the achievement of a good quality economic evaluation, but it can add significant difficulties. Efforts must be made to ensure scientific validity of evaluations, whilst recognising that the complexity inherent in many health and social care interventions may require deviations from and additions to traditional evaluation models. Fundamentally, the net effect will be the need for more time and money than would perhaps be required for the evaluation of a simpler intervention.

Date: 2003
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