Table 5 Top-rated barriers and facilitators
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Barriers (n = 53) | |
Lack of local effectiveness data | 8 (15.1) |
Lack of quality effectiveness data | 7 (13.2) |
Restricted access to unit cost datasets to evaluate healthcare resources use | 7 (13.2) |
Absence of relevant health state preference to estimate QALYs | 5 (9.4) |
Lack of financial support to conduct economic evaluation research | 4 (7.5) |
Lack of routinely collected national health statistics | 4 (7.5) |
Other barriers | 18 (34.0) |
Facilitators (n = 51a) | |
Availability of data warehouse of all hospital admissions and outpatient appointments | 12 (23.5) |
Establishment of a centre for health economic research | 8 (15.69) |
Accessibility to unit cost values for healthcare resources | 6 (11.8) |
Sufficient contact and interaction among health economic researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders | 6 (11.8) |
Other facilitators | 19 (37.3) |