Authors' objectives:

The aims of this report were:

1. To analyze trends of published economic evaluations in pediatric health care over a 20-year period

2. To critically appraise the quality of published pediatric economic evaluations in order to identify gaps and areas for future methodological investigation.

Authors' recommendations: The PEDE Project represents the first attempt to catalogue, analyse and appraise economic evaluations performed in a pediatric population. The findings point to the importance of approaching pediatric health economic research with a child-centered framework. Although this research revealed dramatic growth in the volume of publications over time, there remains much room for improvement in the quality of pediatric economic evaluations. Opportunities for future research relate to the development of statistical models to capture health benefits over time horizons that include development and maturation. The PEDE database, containing 787 citations, will be of value to decision-makers as well as researchers undertaking methods research, a systematic review or meta-analysis of a particular intervention or condition. The conceptual knowledge derived from this project will foster research initiatives that will enhance the quality of economic assessment in children.

Project Status: Completed

URL for project: https://www.ccohta.ca/

Year Published: 2002

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: Canada

Organisation Name: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment

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