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Economic evaluation assists in healthcare planning to make sure that limited resources are used in the optimal way by comparing the costs of alternative interventions over a broad range of parameters including physical health, social and psychological benefits etc. The recently published guidelines, Rehabilitation following acquired brain injury: national clinical guidelines, 1 make wide-ranging recommendations. Given the current dearth of rehabilitation services in the UK, their implementation will require significant investment, so it is pertinent to consider the evidence for the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation. A central theme of post-acute rehabilitation is early, targeted intervention to restore independent function. If effective, this should lead to cost benefits in terms of reduced length of stay in hospital and reduced needs for long-term care in the community. Similarly, effective vocational rehabilitation should increase the opportunity for return to work or alternative employment, such that the individual ideally becomes financially self-supporting. On the other hand, rehabilitation itself imposes a cost. More intensive programmes may in theory produce even faster results, but they cost more. Eventually a balance must be struck between the expense of providing the programme and the likely cost savings achieved. The evidence for costeffectiveness may be gleaned from studies which have included formal economic analysis, or from secondary analysis of studies which have recorded outcomes that can be costed, such as length of stay, return to work etc. Comparative research in the field of complex disability following acquired brain injury (ABI) poses several major challenges to traditional research methodologies: i There is marked heterogeneity with respect to the patient group, the intervention and setting, and to the outcomes that are relevant at each stage of recovery.

The evidence for the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation following acquired brain injury