Background: Health economic evaluations are becoming an increasingly important means of analysing which care alternative resource utilisation is the most cost effective. It is a new topic in the medical device industry that causes much uncertainty and unstructured use of the actors involved. Study questions: Why is it difficult to develop, implement and disseminate this standardized health economic evaluation models in medical technology? Is there a possibility to standardize health economic evaluations within the medical device industry? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the standardization issues for health economic evaluations within the medical device industry. Method: A qualitative approach was used in the form of interviews with five actors that are active or have a connection to the medical device industry. The data collection consists of journals, reports, Internet searches and literature among other things. Conclusion: It is possible to standardize, but with certain restrictions such as the county council's budget, influence of industry-specific factors, lack of knowledge and the important interaction between actors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-17317 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Jahura, Charlotta, Lassholm, Laura |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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