Quantity and quality of economic evaluations in U.S. nursing research, 1997-2015: A systematic review

Nursing Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-39

  Cook, Wendy A ^a,b   Morrison, Megan L ^c   Eaton, Linda H ^b,d   Theodore, Brian R ^b   Doorenbos, Ardith Z ^e  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable care act; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Nursing; Nursing economics; Quality adjusted life years (QALY); Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997831760     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000188     Document Type: Article

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