Researchers working in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) face a range of challenges in conducting economic evaluations. These may be technical or context-specific in nature. Technical difficulties are defined as those that are directly related to the methodology used in conducting an economic evaluation and can be overcome by learning about the tools and techniques available to address these issues. Context-specific difficulties, on the other hand, refer to the difficulties that indirectly affect the study, varying by country or setting, and often outside the control of the study. These include, for example, political economy, lack of understanding (or misunderstanding) of economic evaluation results. The following are difficulties in conducting economic evaluation obtained from the survey conducted by the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP): View our Method & Process
Technical (methodological) difficulties
Context specific difficulties