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Economic evidence for evidence-based practice.

Patricia W Stone1, Christine R Curran, Suzanne Bakken

  • 1Columbia University, School of Nursing, 617 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. ps2024@columbia.edu

Journal of Nursing Scholarship : an Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
|September 20, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Nurses need to understand economic evaluations for evidence-based practice. This study reviews economic analysis types, cost measurement, standardization, and assessment methods for nursing research and practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Nursing Research
  • Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

  • Nursing practice increasingly requires evidence-based decision-making.
  • Economic evaluations are crucial for resource allocation and healthcare policy.
  • Limited understanding of economic analysis exists within the nursing literature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline available economic analyses for nurses.
  • To detail cost measurement in economic evaluations.
  • To provide recommendations for standardizing and assessing economic evaluations for evidence-based practice.

Main Methods:

  • Review of five types of economic analyses.
  • Inclusion of recommendations for standardizing cost-effectiveness analyses.

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  • Development of a worksheet for critiquing economic evaluations.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified a gap in nursing and healthcare literature regarding consistent economic analysis approaches.
    • Noted underrepresentation of nurses in conducting rigorous economic evaluations compared to other disciplines.
    • Highlighted the need for improved nurse engagement in economic research.

    Conclusions:

    • Evidence-based practice is the standard of care, necessitating economic evidence integration.
    • Understanding economic evaluation methodologies is essential for applying economic evidence in practice.
    • Nurses must develop skills in analyzing the rigor of economic evaluations to inform clinical decisions.