Objectives:
This workshop is the second in a series of two sequential workshops aiming to provide authors of Cochrane reviews with the knowledge and skills to develop a protocol for a Cochrane review that will incorporate coverage of economics aspects of the interventions studied. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Formulate a protocol for search strategies to capture health economics studies;
2. Identify tools to inform critical appraisal of health economics studies;
3. Formulate a protocol for extracting or obtaining relevant data from published reports or from the original researchers; and
4. Formulate a protocol for analysis and presentation of measures of resource use, costs and cost-effectiveness.
Description:
Including coverage of economics aspects of interventions may enhance the usefulness and applicability of Cochrane reviews as a component of the basis for health care decision-making and can provide the international context within which economic evidence can be interpreted and assessed as a preliminary to economic evaluation.
The facilitators of this workshop will share techniques for formulating protocols for Cochrane reviews aiming to include coverage of economics aspects of interventions. The workshop is based on new economics methods guidance published in the new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Topics will include formulating protocols for search methods, critical appraisal, data collection and analysis.
The session will include brief presentations, interactive small group exercises and discussion.