Handling uncertainty of the economic evaluation result: sensitivity analysis
Limwattananon, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 91(Suppl 2): S59-S65
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 19253488 Document Number: 12831
An economic evaluation of health technology and interventions often comes with uncertainty in the parameters that were used in the model. To determine sensitivity of the result obtained from a reference case analysis, researchers can employ deterministic and probabilistic approaches. This methodological guideline summarizes the principles underlying the sensitivity analysis and recommends that the probabilistic sensitivity analysis is the best method to handle the parameter uncertainty.