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NICEly does it: economic analysis within evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
— (The York series on the NHS White Paper - a research agenda) | | Author(s) | James Mason, Martin Eccles, Nick Freemantle |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Health Economics, York Health Economics Consortium, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York |
| Publisher | University of York, York, 1998 |
| Pages | 32 pp (Centre for Health Economics Discussion paper, 164) |
| Source | Publications Centre, Centre for Health Economics, University of York YO10 5DD. |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Quality ; Standards of provision ; Econometrics ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The 1998 consultative document, "A first class service: quality in the new NHS" outlined plans for the establishment of a National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), in which clinical practice guidelines will play a central role. The paper describes the development of recent evidence-based guidelines, for use in primary care, which were the result of recent work by the North of England Guidelines Development Group. Their specific aim was to incorporate economic analysis into the guideline process and treatment recommendations. The introduction of economic data raised some methodological issues, specifically: in providing a valid and generalisable cost estimate; in the grading of cost "evidence"; and in finding a presentation helpful to clinicians. These strengths and weaknesses of the methodology are discussed. The authors consider what further questions need to be answered in the context of present health service reforms in the UK. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990309205 B |
| Classmark | L4: 59: 583: WE: 4C |
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