Table 1 Transferability factors identified from Welte et al. [20]
Categories | Transferability factors | Direct influence on |
|---|---|---|
Methodological characteristics | Perspective; discount rate; medical cost approach (charges, fees, prices); Productivity cost approach (friction cost method, human capital approach, QALYs) | Costs and effects Costs and effects Direct medical cost Productivity cost |
Healthcare system characteristics | Absolute and relative prices in healthcare Practice variation (staff characteristics, characteristics and learning effects of physicians; nurses and hospitals; liability of physicians; type of healthcare facility; organizational characteristics Technology availability (range of licensed products; availability of generics; competition; market form of suppliers; payment of suppliers; incentives to suppliers; supplier-induced demand; healthcare delivery structure; waiting lists; referral patterns; healthcare before and after intervention; quality of care; capacity utilization; economies of scale | Direct medical cost Costs and effects Direct costs |
Population characteristics | Disease incidence/prevalence Case-mix (age; sex; race; education; socioeconomic; disease severity; co-morbidity; medical history; concurrent medications; susceptibility) Life expectancy (progression of disease; natural history of the disease; lifestyle; risk factors; environmental factors; genetic factors) Health-status preferences factors (methods to measure health-status valuation) Acceptance, compliance, incentives to patients (technology acceptance; compliance; incentives to patients; insurance level; co-payments; moral hazard) Productivity and work-loss time (friction time; income level and distribution) Disease spread patients (population density; immigration; emigration; travelling; ethical standards) | Costs and effects Costs and effects Costs and effects Effects Costs and effects Productivity cost Costs and effects |