Comparative Analysis of Treatment Costs in EUROHOPE
研究了欧洲医疗结果、绩效与效率项目中估算风险调整治疗成本的挑战，比较了芬兰、匈牙利、挪威和瑞典四国急性心肌梗死的平均治疗成本，发现结果取决于时间视角和资源利用指标。
This study examines the challenges of estimating risk-adjusted treatment costs in international comparative research, specifically in the European Health Care Outcomes, Performance, and Efficiency (EuroHOPE) project. We describe the diverse format of resource data and challenges of converting these data into resource use indicators that allow meaningful cross-country comparisons. The three cost indicators developed in EuroHOPE are then described, discussed, and applied. We compare the risk-adjusted mean treatment costs of acute myocardial infarction for four of the seven countries in the EuroHOPE project, namely, Finland, Hungary, Norway, and Sweden. The outcome of the comparison depends on the time perspective as well as on the particular resource use indicator. We argue that these complementary indicators add to our understanding of the variation in resource use across countries.