Economic evaluation workbook for workplace parties in the healthcare sector : Economic evaluation workbook for workplace parties in the health care sector

The greatest number of studies was undertaken in the healthcare sector, yet we were unable to make a strong statement about the evidence on the economic merits of interventions in that sector due to the low quality of the studies. [...] The three primary goals of the workbook are: 1) To improve healthcare managers’ understanding of economic evaluation methods for H&S interventions; 2) To enable health authorities to undertake accurate analyses of the costs and consequences of interventions; and 3) to increase the use of economic evaluations in H&S resource decision-making in the healthcare sector. [...] At the second partners’ meeting the team brainstormed direction for the content and format of the of the analysis section. [...] Suggestions included producing a final version of the workbook in software form, ease of use of the workbook, target audience’s requests for the workbook, usefulness of the tool for a wide range of interventions, ability of the tool to demonstrate savings, and the ongoing consideration of economic evaluation outcomes in health authority decisions. [...] The current step that a user entered is evident in the ICC and DYOA by the location of the orange tab and the step within it that is highlighted in white lettering.