A review of the application of health economics to health and safety in healthcare

Economic evaluation of healthcare safety: which attributes of safety do healthcare professionals consider most important in resource allocation decisions?

“…According to Niven (2002),38 this explains why so little economic evaluations of safety interventions have been successful in adequately supporting decision-making regarding healthcare safety. Moreover, because valuing benefits is well recognised as more problematic than valuing costs, this may further explain the overreliance on costing studies that exists in safety decision-making and research 38…”

Economic evaluations of occupational health interventions from a corporate perspective – a systematic review of methodological quality

“…In a review of economic evaluations of OSH interventions in the healthcare setting, Niven (8) found that methodological rigor was lacking in nearly all of the identified publications. Tompa et al (9) made a similar conclusion in their literature review of workplace-based interventions.…”

Developing guidelines for good practice in the economic evaluation of occupational safety and health interventions

“…In fact, the review's two main findings were that few workplace-based intervention studies undertake economic analyses, and those that do present a diversity of methodological approaches and quality. Other reviews of the OSH literature have come to similar conclusions (8)(9)(10)(11). In fact, Niven (10) states, "well-designed and conducted evaluations of program costs and benefits were nearly impossible to find."…”

“…Other reviews of the OSH literature have come to similar conclusions (8)(9)(10)(11). In fact, Niven (10) states, "well-designed and conducted evaluations of program costs and benefits were nearly impossible to find." Uegaki et al (11) notes, "using the results from economic evaluations with poor methodological quality to advise companies on how to allocate resources for occupational health interventions may result in inappropriate decisions."…”