The value of medical innovation versus industry rewards

Value in Health

10 March 2023 - This article provides systematic evidence on the share of the value of health generated by drugs and other healthcare goods and services that accrue to patients on the demand side versus the manufacturers on the supply side.

We find that if patients value a quality adjusted life year at $450 000 the median share appropriated for drugs on the supply side is approximately 6% and has declined at 0.1% per year between 1997 and 2019.

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