Expert Elicitation – Healthcare Economist

Use of expert elicitation for health care modelling studies

2024-04-102024-04-10Jason Shafrin

While robust data is preferred when parameterizing economic models, this information is not always available. For instance, it may be unclear the degree to which clinical trial results would translate to the real world. Or, clinical trial results may need to be extrapolated beyond the time period of the trial. Or, there may simply be…

Expert Knowledge Elicitation: A Brief Review of Different Approaches

2019-08-14Jason Shafrin1 Comment

We must accept that there is subjectivity in every stage of scientific inquiry, but objectivity is nevertheless the fundamental goal. Therefore, we should base judgments on evidence and careful reasoning, and seek wherever possible to eliminate potential sources of bias.(Brownstein et al. 2018) In many cases–for instance building a cost effectiveness model–there are some parameters…