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Published on: September 10, 2018
Systematic overview of cost-effectiveness thresholds in ten countries across four continents
Ruth Schwarzer1,2, Ursula Rochau1,2, Kim Saverno1,3
1Department of Public Health, Health Services Research & Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making & Health Technology Assessment, UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics & Technology, Eduard Wallnoefer Center I, 6060 Hall i.T., Austria.
Aim:
To provide an overview of thresholds for incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) representing willingness-to-pay (WTP) across multiple countries and insights into exemptions pertaining to the ICER (e.g., cancer). To compare ICER thresholds to individual country's estimated ability-to-pay.
Materials & Methods:
We included AHRQ/USA, BIQG-GOEG/Austria, CADTH/Canada, DAHTA@DIMDI/Germany, DECIT-CGATS/Brazil, HAS/France, HITAP/Thailand, IQWiG/Germany, LBI-HTA/Austria, MSAC/Australia, NICE/England/Wales and SBU/Sweden. ICER thresholds were derived from systematic literature/website search/expert surveys. WTP was compared with ATP using Spearman's rank correlation.
Results:
Two general and explicitly acknowledged thresholds (England/Wales, Thailand), implicit thresholds in six countries and different ICER thresholds/decision-making rules in oncology were identified. Correlation between WTP and ability-to-pay was moderate.
Discussion:
Our overview supports country-specific discussions on WTP and on how to define value(s) within societies.
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