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Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Health Economics Methodology Research: Reflections and Recommendations
Hareth Al-Janabi1, Jenny Coles2, John Copping2
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. h.aljanabi@bham.ac.uk.
The Patient
|September 17, 2020
Summary
Patient and public involvement (PPI) enhances health economics methods research by incorporating lay perspectives. Key challenges include training, sustained engagement, and task selection for effective outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Health Economics
- Health Services Research
- Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Background:
- Patient and public involvement (PPI) is increasingly recognized in health economics research.
- Methods research in health economics can present abstract concepts challenging for lay participants.
- Integrating PPI into the development of research methodologies is crucial for relevance and applicability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the application and challenges of PPI in health economics methods research.
- To develop practical methods for incorporating family carer outcomes into economic evaluations.
- To provide guidance on selecting appropriate tasks for PPI in health economics.
Main Methods:
- Drawing on 4 years of experience with PPI in a specific research project.
- Analyzing challenges encountered during PPI implementation in methods research.
- Developing criteria for selecting suitable tasks for PPI input.
Main Results:
- Identified key challenges in PPI for health economics methods research: training, maintaining involvement, and task selection.
- Proposed three criteria for selecting PPI tasks: task importance, researcher skills gap, and PPI contribution potential.
- Demonstrated the feasibility of using PPI to develop methods for including family carer outcomes.
Conclusions:
- PPI can be effectively integrated into health economics methods research, despite initial challenges.
- Structured approaches to PPI, including careful task selection, are vital for success.
- The findings offer practical insights for researchers aiming to enhance the patient-centeredness of economic evaluation methods.
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