Satellite Sessions

Guidelines & Economist Network International (GENI) Satellite Session

Implementing Economic Evidence through Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and Regulation Internationally: Tackling the International Financial Crisis

Satellite session

Organizer: Dr Kathryn Antioch, Deputy Chair GENI, Health Economics and Funding Reforms, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Health Committee, Monash University

The influence of economic evidence is increasing through Health Technology Assessment (HTA) world-wide. However, much of health practice and procedures are not subjected to HTAs, limiting the impact of economic evidence. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) provide opportunities for economists to promote cost effective health care. However, the use of economic evidence in CPGs, and the subsequent integration of evidence into clinical practice is limited given resistance from the professions, paucity of economic evidence & lack of policy commitment.

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