Economic evaluation of nursing practices: a review of the literature.
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
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| Article type: | Review |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Kristina Lämås, Ania Willman, Lars Lindholm, Catrin Jacobsson |
| Title: | Economic evaluation of nursing practices: a review of the literature. |
| Translated title: | Hälsoekonomisk utvärdering av omvårdnad - en litteraturöversikt |
| Journal: | International Nursing Review |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 13-20 |
| ISSN: | 0020-8132 |
| Publisher: | WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC |
| URI/DOI: | 10.1111(j.1466-7657.2008.00672.x |
| ISI number: | 000263343800012 |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Health Science (Sektionen för hälsa) School of Health Science S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/hal/ |
| Authors e-mail: | ania.willman@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | The aim of this paper was to investigate how studies of nursing prctices apply economic evaluations. A literature review was conducted that included studies through August 2007. the search was performed using Medline, CINAHL, Psycinfo, Ecinlit, DARE, HTA, NHS EED, Cochrane reviews and clinical trials with a search term connected to nursing and health economics. Protocols were used in the screening procedure and the result is reported in a descriptive form. the search identified 115 studies published between 1984 and August 2007. Studies were found in the following nursing practices: provision of support and treatment (n=17); assessing suffering/well-being (n=1), preventing or treating ill health (n=53); and organization of individual care (n=44). In 22% of all the studies, the authors explicitly presented the health economic method used. In 25% of all studies, the perspective of the economic analysis was explicitly stated and a large variability in cost was considered in the analysis. In 82 studies, the authors reported cost-effective interventions. Although economic evaluation of nursing practice has increased, it is still a rather small area. According to the items elucidated in this study, further methodological improvement is needed to evaluate the economics of nursing. |
| Summary in Swedish: | Hälsoekonomiska studier inom omvårdnad är sällsynta. I denna litterturöversikt identifierades 115 studier. I 22 procent av studierna anger författarna vilken hälsoekonomisk metod som använt. I 25% av studierna anges det ekonomiska perspektivet som valts. I 82 studier anger författarna att interventionen varit kostnadseffektiv. |
| Subject: | Nursing & Caring Sciences\General |
| Keywords: | healthcare economics, nursing, outcome assessment, review |
