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Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals: Reference pricing versus health technology assessment.
Eur. J. Health Econ. 12, 263-271 (2011)
Reference pricing and health technology assessment are policies commonly applied in order to obtain more value for money from pharmaceuticals. This study focussed on decisions about the initial price and reimbursement status of innovative drugs and discussed the consequences for market access and cost. Four countries were studied: Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. These countries have operated one, or both, of the two policies at certain points in time, sometimes in parallel. Drugs in four groups were considered: cholesterol-lowering agents, insulin analogues, biologic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis and "atypical" drugs for schizophrenia. Compared with HTA, reference pricing is a relatively blunt instrument for obtaining value for money from pharmaceuticals. Thus, its role in making reimbursement decisions should be limited to drugs which are therapeutically equivalent. HTA is a superior strategy for obtaining value for money because it addresses not only price but also the appropriate indications for the use of the drug and the relation between additional value and additional costs. However, given the relatively higher costs of conducting HTAs, the most efficient approach might be a combination of both policies.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Pharmaceuticals; Reimbursement; Cost-effectiveness analysis; Health policy
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2011
Prepublished im Jahr
2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1618-7598
e-ISSN
1618-7601
Zeitschrift
The European journal of health economics
Quellenangaben
Band: 12,
Heft: 3,
Seiten: 263-271
Verlag
Springer
Verlagsort
Berlin ; Heidelberg
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-505300-001
PubMed ID
20803050
Scopus ID
79958039205
Erfassungsdatum
2010-12-14