Authors: Gérard de Pouvourville¹; Ulmann Philippe¹; Nixon John²; Boulenger Stéphanie¹; Glanville Julie²; Drummond Michael³

Source: PharmacoEconomics, Volume 23, Number 2, 2005 , pp. 113-120(8)

Publisher: Adis International

Abstract:

This paper overviews the EURONHEED (EUROpean Network of Health Economics Evaluation Databases) project. Launched in 2003, this project is funded by the EU. Its aim is to create a network of national and international databases dedicated to health economic evaluation of health services and innovations. Seven centres (France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK) are involved covering 17 countries. The network is based on two existing databases, the French CODECS (COnnaissance et Decision en EConomie de la Santé) database, created in 2000 by the French Health Economists Association (Collège des Economistes de la Santé), and the UK NHS-EED (NHS Economic Electronic Database), run by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, England.

The network will provide bibliographic records of published full health economic evaluation studies (cost-benefit, cost-utility and cost-effectiveness studies) as well as cost studies, methodological articles and review papers. Moreover, a structured abstract of full evaluation studies will be provided to users, allowing them access to a detailed description of each study and to a commentary stressing the implications and limits, for decision making, of the study. Access will be free of charge. The database features and its ease of access (via the internet: http://www.euronheed.org) should facilitate the diffusion of existing economic evidence on health services and the generalisation of common standards in the field at the European level, thereby improving the quality, generalisability and transferability of results across countries.

Keywords: Data collection

Document Type: Leading article

Affiliations: 1: 1 Collège des Economistes, Paris, France 2: 2 Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK 3: 3 Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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