A pharmaceutical revolution

The increase in the cost of therapies has given rise to the need for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies in the developed world. The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) leads the field and primarily uses the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) afforded by a t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pharmaceutical technology Europe 2010-12, Vol.22 (12), p.29
Hauptverfasser: Berman, Gregory, Damms, Bob, Rhodes, Ian
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The increase in the cost of therapies has given rise to the need for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies in the developed world. The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) leads the field and primarily uses the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) afforded by a treatment to decide whether it should be reimbursed. This evaluation is usually (although not exclusively) made at the patient population level.
ISSN:1753-7967