ABSTRACT

Introduction: Economic evaluations are widely used tools that greatly contribute to evidence-based health policy and decision-making. However, economic evidence is not commonly used in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Areas covered: The aim of this scoping review is to map the existing literature of health economic evaluation studies in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region. Also, the review aims to identify the research gaps in the field of health economic evaluation in the region and finally provide recommendations for research and policy making. We searched six electronic databases. Six items were extracted from each of the included studies: first author, publication year, country of the study, study type, health technology assessed, and perspective.

Expert opinion: The quality and quantity of HEE studies should be improved in the region. There is a need to follow evidence-based methodological rigor to aid in informed health-care decision-making and efficient use of health-care resources.

摘要

简介：经济评估是广泛使用的工具，极大地有助于循证卫生政策和决策。然而，经济证据在世界卫生组织东地中海区域的国家并不常用。

涵盖的领域：本次范围界定审查的目的是绘制世界卫生组织东地中海地区国家卫生经济评估研究的现有文献。此外，该审查旨在确定该地区卫生经济评估领域的研究差距，并最终为研究和政策制定提供建议。我们搜索了六个电子数据库。从每项纳入的研究中提取六个项目：第一作者、出版年份、研究国家、研究类型、评估的卫生技术和观点。

专家意见：该地区HEE研究的质量和数量有待提高。需要遵循循证方法的严谨性，以帮助做出知情的卫生保健决策和有效利用卫生保健资源。