Table 2 Solutions to contextual challenges affecting the use of economic evidence in CPGs
From: Health economic evidence in clinical guidelines in South Africa: a mixed-methods study
Solutions for production and use of HEE | |
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• Need for political will and backing • Training of guideline panels, policymakers and health economists • Include health economists and others in expert review of analyses • Health economists to suggest guideline recommendations based on the health economic evidence and work to increase the transparency and credibility of analyses • Public-private partnerships to share evidence and for cross-sectoral decisions • Clarify outcomes that matter to decision-makers for use in economic evaluations • Need centralised management of health technology assessment (to commission and fund), a guiding body to coordinate functions |