How to assess the value of medicines?
This study aims to discuss approaches to assessing the value of medicines. Economic evaluation assesses value by means of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). Health is maximised by selecting medicines with increasing ICERs until the budget is exhausted. The budget size determines the va...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2010.00115/full |