Health economics and European Renal Best Practice—is it time to bring health economics into evidence-based guideline production in Europe?
Open Access
- 5 September 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 29 (11), 1994-1997
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gft369
Abstract
Medical management of patients with kidney disease is complex and resource intensive. In times of limited health care budgets, economic evaluations have become more important over the past few years in identifying interventions with a beneficial cost-effectiveness to maximize the benefits served from the available resources. However, integrating evidence from health-economic evaluations into clinical practice guidelines remains a challenge. European Renal Best Practice (ERBP), the official guideline body of the European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA–EDTA) herewith presents some lines of thought that need consideration in the discussion on incorporating health-economic considerations into clinical guideline development.Keywords
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