Embedding an economist in regional and rural health services to add value and reduce waste by improving local-level decision-making: protocol for the ‘embedded Economist’ program and evaluation

Embedding an economist in regional and rural health services to add value and reduce waste by improving local-level decision-making: protocol for the ‘embedded Economist’ program and evaluation

Abstract Background Systematic approaches to the inclusion of economic evaluation in national healthcare decision-making are usual. It is less common for economic evaluation to be routinely undertaken at the ‘local-level’ (e.g. in a health service or hospital) despite the largest proportion of healt...

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Main Authors: Andrew Searles, Donella Piper, Christine Jorm, Penny Reeves, Maree Gleeson, Jonathan Karnon, Nicholas Goodwin, Kenny Lawson, Rick Iedema, Jane Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Health economics
Economic evaluation
Program evaluation
Measuring impact
Embedded researcher
Health services research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06181-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06181-1

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