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- Title
It's Not the Model, It's the Way You Use It: Exploratory Early Health Economics Amid Complexity Comment on "Problems and Promises of Health Technologies: The Role of Early Health Economic Modelling".
- Authors
Partington, Andrew; Karnon, Jonathan
- Abstract
In a review recently published in this journal, Grutters et al outline the scope and impact of their early health economic modelling of healthcare innovations. Their reflections shed light on ways that health economists can shift-away from traditional reimbursement decision-support, towards a broader role of facilitating the exploration of existing care pathways, and the design of options to implement or discontinue healthcare services. This is a crucial role in organisations that face constant pressure to react and adapt with changes to their existing service configurations, but where there may exist significant disagreement and uncertainty on the extent to which change is warranted. Such dynamics are known to create complex implementation environments, where changes risk being poorly implemented or fail to be sustained. In this commentary, we extend the discussion by Grutters et al on early health economic modelling, to the evaluation of complex interventions and systems. We highlight how early health economic modelling can contribute to a participatory approach for ongoing learning and development within healthcare organisations.
- Subjects
MEDICAL economics; ECONOMIC models; MEDICAL technology; UNCERTAINTY; OPTICAL reflection
- Publication
International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
2322-5939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15171/ijhpm.2020.04