Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Analysis of sponsor hearings on PBAC decision making
14 May 2019 - Original research conducted by Melinda Flowers, Sean Lybrand and myself has been published on-line in the Australian Health Review.
The aim of our study was to get a better understanding of the frequency of PBAC hearings, the factors that influence a sponsor’s decision to proceed with a hearing and to assess the impact hearings may have had on PBAC decision making.
All public summary documents (PSDs) from March 2014 to November 2016 PBAC meetings, obtained from the PBS website, were examined to identify major submissions for which sponsor hearings were conducted. Each PSD was analysed to determine the topics discussed at the sponsor hearing and the ‘usefulness’ of a sponsor hearing from the PBAC’s perspective.
