Methods for the conduct of economic evaluation have evolved over time to improve the quality of evidence for funding and policy decision-making. However, child health differs from adult health in important ways. As a result, there are aspects to the measurement of costs and consequences that are unique to the pediatric population. The goal of the Pediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE) Project is to provide tools and promote research to advance the field of child health economic evaluation.
The PEDE Database has been serving researchers and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies around the globe since it was launched in 2000. This free-to-use searchable database is the most comprehensive source in the world for pediatric economic evaluations with over 5,000 records published since 1980. It provides citation information and key study characteristics for cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs), cost-utility analyses (CUAs), cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) and cost-minimization analyses (CMAs). Since 2012, the PEDE Database has also included a searchable catalogue of pediatric health state descriptions providing utility weights extracted from over 1,800 studies reporting QALYs or DALYs.
The internationally recognized PEDE research program focuses on identifying trends in pediatric economic evaluation, developing tools for quality appraisal, and addressing the challenges surrounding health state valuation in children.