Marie Kruse1, Terkel Christiansen. 1. Centre for Applied Health Services Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. mkru@cast.sdu.dk
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview and a few examples of how national registers are used in analyses of healthcare costs in Denmark. RESEARCH TOPICS: The paper focuses on health economic analyses based on register data. For the sake of simplicity, the studies are divided into three main categories: economic evaluations of healthcare interventions, cost-of-illness analyses, and other analyses such as assessments of healthcare productivity. CONCLUSION: We examined a number of studies using register-based data on healthcare costs. Use of register-based data renders a comprehensive data material, often in the form of time series, which is very useful in health economic analyses. The disadvantage of register-based data is the use of tariffs, charges, or market prices as proxies for costs in the computation of healthcare costs.
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview and a few examples of how national registers are used in analyses of healthcare costs in Denmark. RESEARCH TOPICS: The paper focuses on health economic analyses based on register data. For the sake of simplicity, the studies are divided into three main categories: economic evaluations of healthcare interventions, cost-of-illness analyses, and other analyses such as assessments of healthcare productivity. CONCLUSION: We examined a number of studies using register-based data on healthcare costs. Use of register-based data renders a comprehensive data material, often in the form of time series, which is very useful in health economic analyses. The disadvantage of register-based data is the use of tariffs, charges, or market prices as proxies for costs in the computation of healthcare costs.
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