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Estimating the reference incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for the Australian health system
22 December 2017 - The objective of this study was to estimate the expected incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2018
Price disclosure 2018 April cycle outcomes summary
12 January 2018 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2018 April Cycle (fourth remove originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2018
Superannuation plundered to pay medical bills
9 January 2018 - The rising use of superannuation funds to meet high medical bills is a disturbing sign of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2018
Characteristics of managed entry agreements in Australia
26 December 2017 - Australia relies on managed entry agreements for many medicines added to the national Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2018
Bupa slams comparator websites for diverting funds from healthcare and demands transparency
4 January 2018 - One of Australia's biggest health funds has accused comparator websites of being a "significant cost on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2018
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 January 2018 update
1 January 2018 - The January 2018 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Dec 2017
Two cancer-fighting medicines listed on the PBS and now accessible to Australians
30 December 2017 - Medications that can inhibit the growth of two "catastrophic cancers" will next week be made available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Dec 2017
Multiple myeloma drug carfilzomib added to PBS
29 December 2017 - A new cancer drug that could drastically extend the life of up to 1700 Australians a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2017
PBS expenditure and prescriptions report - 2016-17
20 December 2017 - The PBS expenditure and prescriptions report for 2016-17 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
Nusinersen: 'amazing' spinal muscular atrophy drug rejected for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
20 December 2017 - They were hoping for an early Christmas present, but instead the families of children with spinal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
Post-market review of ezetimibe - final report
20 December 2017 - The final report for the post-market review of ezetimibe and PBAC recommendations for the post-market review of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
Agenda for the March 2018 PBAC meeting
20 December 2017 - The agenda for the March 2018 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2017
Report urges transparency in health system
19 December 2017 - Individual doctors' fees should be available in a searchable database, according to a recommendation of a Senate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2017
CHF supports Healthy people, healthy systems
18 December 2017 - The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association’s blueprint for a national health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2017
Not so anonymous: Medicare data can be used to identify individual patients, researchers say
18 December 2017 - Researchers say they can identify individuals in government healthcare data that was supposed to be anonymous, ...