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Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1

Module 1, Part 2: Key Information Sources

Module 1, Part 2 - Exercise 2: Answer sheet

Here are suggested resources for these questions. Your selections should be similar.

  • the cost-effectiveness of screening for diabetic retinopathy

    Core databases: NHS Economic Evaluation Database, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index, CE Registry, HEED

  • resource allocation implications and the cost-benefit of providing cardiology services in primary care

    Core databases: NHS EED, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Social Science Citation Index, Health Management Information Consortium Database (HMIC),

    Additional/optional: ASSIA, New York Academy of Sciences Library Online Catalog

  • obtaining consumer views for priority setting in health care

    Core databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Social Science Citation Index, PsycINFO, Health Management Information Consortium Database (HMIC)

    Additional/optional: ASSIA, Sociological Abstracts, New York Academy of Sciences Library Online Catalog

  • how do consumers perceive benefit in relation to the addition of fluoride to drinking water?

    Core databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, EconLIT.

    Additional/optional: Water Resources Abstracts, Environmental Abstracts, ASSIA

  • what are the costs and benefits of laparoscopic versus open surgery for inguinal hernia repair?

    Core databases: NHS EED, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CE Registry, Science Citation Index

    Additional/optional: The Cochrane Library or NHSCRD Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Health Technology Assessment(HTA) Databases.

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Last Reviewed: June 22, 2017