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Report clearly demonstrates the value of vaccines
1 November 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which verifies the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2019
Complexity in assessing the benefit versus risk of vaccines: experience with rotavirus and dengue virus vaccines
17 October 2019 - The remarkable contribution of immunisation programs to public health is recognised by most people, including those who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2019
Some say a non-profit research group unfairly influences drug prices
16 October 2019 - Have you ever wondered how pharmaceutical companies decide whether that pill you take costs $3 or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2019
Accounting for hope: using ‘mean survival gain’ to price new cancer drugs
14 October 2019 - Outrage about the rising prices of prescription drugs has put cancer drugs in the spotlight. But ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
'Veiled in secrecy': call for surgeons to disclose complications rates
14 October 2019 - Surgeons are being urged to disclose their rates of surgical complications to prove they're worth the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2019
PhRMA Foundation partners with National Health Council to host first of its kind conference on new approaches to value assessment
10 October 2019 - The PhRMA Foundation and the National Health Council will host The Next Generation of Value Assessment: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
As value assessment frameworks evolve, are they finally ready for prime time?
9 September 2019 - Value assessment frameworks have emerged as tools to assist health care decision makers in the United States ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
Achieving appropriate model transparency: challenges and potential solutions for making value‑based decisions in the United States
5 September 2019 - Transparency in decision modeling remains a topic of rigorous debate among healthcare stakeholders, given tensions between the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2019
What is the value of market-wide health care price transparency?
5 September 2019 - A primary driver of high spending in the US health care system, relative to other countries, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
ICER's value framework and patient feedback: Q&A with Steve Pearson
15 August 2019 - ICER invites all patient organizations and the general public to attend a webinar to learn more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2019
Costing methods applied to cancer
8 August 2019 - Health care is vital in improving quality and length of life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2019
A non-inferiority framework for cost-effectiveness analysis
24 July 2019 - Traditional decision rules have limitations when a new technology is less effective and less costly than a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
Should national pharmacare apply a value based insurance design?
22 July 2019 - The final report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, published in June 2019, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
Ask whether a drug works before worrying about what it costs
16 July 2019 - Last week was supposed to be a turning point for drug price transparency. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Do cancer treatments have option value? Real‐world evidence from metastatic melanoma
24 June 2019 - A change in the expectations about future treatments may change the option value of a current ...