On approximations in treatment costing
作者:
David K. Whynes,
Andrew R. Walker,
期刊:
Health Economics
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 1
页码: 31-39
ISSN:1057-9230
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1002/hec.4730040104
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: colorectal cancer;cost;length of stay
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractAs detailed costing may be a time‐consuming and expensive exercise within an evaluation, economists will be conscious of the possibilities of taking short‐cuts. To explore the viability of such approaches in the context of acute care (the surgical treatment for colorectal cancer), we compare the results of a detailed costing study with reduced list costing and econometric estimation. We conclude, first, that use of a reduced list is likely to generate substantial research economies only at the expense of inaccuracy. Second, crude costing, based upon average costs of the specialty, is acceptable when the frame of reference is the aggregate. Such crude costing, however, is vulnerable to bias when specific sub‐samples of patients are to be considered. Finally, total costs are predictable from a restricted list of cost and event variables, and with a high degree of accuracy, althoughex antespecification of the functional form is proble
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