Measurement of costs.

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dc.contributor.authorRiewpaiboon, Arthornen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T21:42:40Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T21:42:40Z
dc.date.issued2008-06-04en_US
dc.descriptionChotmaihet Thangphaet.en_US
dc.description.abstractCosting plays an important role in health economics, particularly economic evaluation. However, there are some controversial issues: concepts, methods and reference values. Hence, it is pivotal to standardize can be con costing methods and use these as national guidelines to produce comparable studies. This report is divided perspectives. into 3 parts: theoretical issues, international guidelines comparison, and recommendations for the Thai technology assessment guidelines. Each section is composed of three general costing steps: identification, appropriate, measuring and valuation. It is recommended to measure economic or opportunity cost mainly in societal perspective. Cost category is composed of direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect costs. The level of reliability of each kind of costing source data is provided. Valuation of resource use based on national government, standard cost menu is recommended for national policy making. The recommendations on cost measurement are appropriate for the Thai context and in the current situation.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDivision of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. pyarp@mahidol.ac.then_US
dc.identifier.citationRiewpaiboon A. Measurement of costs. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 2008 Jun; 91 Suppl 2(): S28-37en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/45268
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.mat.or.th/journal/all.phpen_US
dc.subject.meshCost-Benefit Analysisen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Policy --economicsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshModels, Econometricen_US
dc.subject.meshPractice Guidelines as Topicen_US
dc.subject.meshResource Allocationen_US
dc.subject.meshTechnology Assessment, Biomedical --economicsen_US
dc.subject.meshThailanden_US
dc.titleMeasurement of costs.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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