Kumar Sanjay, Williams Alison C, Sandy Jonathan R
The Crescent Specialist Centre, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
Eur J Orthod. 2006 Dec;28(6):513-9. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjl046. Epub 2006 Oct 11.
Economic evaluation has become an integral component of health service research in recent years and will no doubt become more influential. As resources are reduced in health services, more questions are likely to be asked on the costs and benefits of new treatments. Questions are also likely to be aimed at treatments that are currently provided. Economics related to health care is complex and numerous methods of economic evaluation exist. Full economic evaluation involves the assessment of both costs and outcomes and is ideal for comparing the efficiency of treatments. Partial evaluations can also provide useful information on the contribution of component costs to treatment costs as a whole. The aim of this review is to assess the various methods available to evaluate the economics of health care and to place in context how these methods may be used within dentistry.
近年来，经济评估已成为卫生服务研究不可或缺的一部分，无疑将变得更具影响力。随着卫生服务资源的减少，人们可能会更多地询问新治疗方法的成本和效益。问题也可能针对目前提供的治疗方法。与医疗保健相关的经济学很复杂，存在多种经济评估方法。全面的经济评估涉及对成本和结果的评估，是比较治疗效率的理想方法。部分评估也可以提供有关组成成本对整体治疗成本贡献的有用信息。本综述的目的是评估评估医疗保健经济学的各种可用方法，并结合牙科领域探讨如何使用这些方法。
