Objectives:

Incorporating health economics evidence into Cochrane Reviews can facilitate decision making which takes account of costs and provide the international context within which previously published evidence can be interpreted and assessed as a preliminary to economic evaluation. This is the second of a pair of workshops aiming to provide an introduction to the techniques needed to develop a protocol for a Cochrane intervention review that will include health economics perspectives and evidence. Participants are strongly encouraged to also attend the first workshop of this pair.

Description:

Part two will enable participants to: a) Formulate a protocol for searches for health economics studies; b) Identify tools to inform assessments of risk of bias and methodological quality of health economics studies; c) Formulate a protocol for collecting data on resource use, costs and cost-effectiveness; and d) Formulate a protocol for analysis and presentation of results. This workshop is consistent with guidance on the use of economics methods in the preparation and maintenance of Cochrane Reviews, published in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic reviews of interventions. It will comprise a didactic presentation, a practical small-group exercise and opportunities for questions and discussion.