Health Economic Publication Digest: Mapping Methodologies for Economic Evaluation of Digital Health Technologies: A Scoping Review

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Health Economic Publications Digest. 

In a recent publication, Santos et al. systematically reviewed and mapped 26 frameworks for the economic evaluation of digital health technologies (DHTs) to identify methodological inconsistencies and inform more robust standards. The authors demonstrated marked variability across key domains: 81% of frameworks lacked a defined time horizon, 73% omitted the analytical perspective, justification for chosen economic methods was frequently absent, and cost components varied substantially across models. The findings reveal a fragmented methodological landscape and underscore the need for standardized, lifecycle-aligned evaluation approaches to support evidence-based adoption and reimbursement of DHTs.

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