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Societal perspective in economic evaluations is crucial for optimal decision-making, but often overlooks non-healthcare costs. Adhering to five principles can improve accuracy and reduce bias in these important health economic studies.

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  • Decision Science
  • Public Policy

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  • The societal perspective is increasingly favored in economic evaluations for comprehensive decision-making.
  • Current practices often fail to capture or monetize all relevant societal costs beyond the healthcare sector.
  • This leads to potential bias and reduced decision-support power in economic evaluations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a framework for strengthening economic evaluations using the societal perspective.
  • To address the limitations in current societal perspective applications.
  • To enhance the decision-supportive power of economic evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of five guiding principles for applying the societal perspective.
  • Emphasis on comprehensive cost identification, measurement, and valuation.
  • Focus on avoiding bias through systematic consideration of all relevant costs.

Main Results:

  • Five "pillars for the societal perspective" are proposed.
  • These pillars address cost attribution irrelevance, inclusion of non-healthcare costs, consideration of high-frequency and high-unit-price costs, avoidance of double counting, and reflection on cost omission issues.
  • Adherence to these principles aims to limit bias and increase the utility of economic evaluations.

Conclusions:

  • Strengthening economic evaluations requires a rigorous application of the societal perspective.
  • The proposed five pillars provide a practical framework for researchers.
  • Implementing these principles will improve the accuracy and decision-making utility of health economic studies.