Economic Evaluation Methods in Health Care

Topic: Competition has gained momentum in many sectors with the effect of globalization and has affected health services. Costs increase with the emergence of new and more comprehensive treatment methods and technological developments in health. Cost analysis has gained importance for health service providers to ensure their financial sustainability with changing conditions. Economic evaluation methods are tools that make rational decisions on the allocation of limited resources. It makes cost and benefit comparisons of new treatments, drugs and medical supplies, and helps policy makers and decisionmakers choose the most effective alternative. Due to the limited resources allocated to health services, it is considered necessary to use economic evaluation methods in many decision-making processes. In this study, economic evaluation methods used in previous studies are examined. As a result of the research, it has been determined that cost effectiveness method is used frequently, service costs are examined more in cost accounts and studies on disease cost are limited. In particular, studies that deal with the social cost of the disease are insufficient.