Health policy

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If a hospital would like to undertake a study on economic evaluation, what threshold should the hospital use? Since threshold is applied on a national level, can the hospital simply use ACER instead of ICER? Many

If a hospital would like to undertake a study on economic evaluation, what threshold should the hospital use? Since threshold is applied on a national level, can the hospital simply use ACER instead of ICER? Many

Asked: 27 Feb 2017  |   1551  |   1

Why should countries consider using MCDA, in addition to economic evaluations?

Why should countries consider using MCDA, in addition to economic evaluations?

Asked: 27 Feb 2017  |   1371  |   2

How to prevent drug companies to mess with my economic evaluation study??

How to prevent drug companies to mess with my economic evaluation study?

Asked: 08 Mar 2017  |   1583  |   2

Cost effectiveness thresholds

How can a country ensure that the cost effectiveness thresholds that they will set are appropriate?

Asked: 23 Feb 2018  |   1436  |   1

CEA on Road Safety Policies

"Dear professor, Currently, we have so many road safety policies to reduce the number of casualties and deaths. The WHO guideline recommends the use of CEA for policies, measuring the outcomes in terms of death reductions or casualty reductions. The thing is we don't know which specific policy is ac...

Asked: 31 May 2018  |   1361  |   2

WHO threshold report for outcomes other than DALY

Hello there. I am conducting a thesis on CEA. my outcome report is in cost per HIV positive client identified. The WHO threshold recommend GDP per capita compared with cost per DALY averted. I saw one study report their finding in cost per positive client identified and compare it with the country'...

Asked: 21 Aug 2018  |   1610  |   3

how to conduct an economic evaluation of already existing program?

There is a program in my country which have started a decade ago. The government want to conduct economic evaluation of that program in a health facility. The program has both curative and preventive interventions for primary health care (vaccination, de-worming, family health, health education and ...

Asked: 13 Apr 2019  |   1282  |   2

Choice of journal for publication

Which journal should I go for a publication of research on Economic evaluation of vaccine?

Asked: 24 Jun 2019  |   1307  |   3

Is life year gained (LYG) estimate suitable for use with the WHO threshold?

We did a cost-effectiveness study of a program using LiST spectrum. We have reported our findings in cost per life year gained (LYG). Is it possible to compare the cost per LYG with the WHO GDP/capita threshold? The GDP/capita of the WHO is in cost per DALY. Or, is there a way to convert LYG to DALY...

Asked: 07 Sep 2019  |   1321  |   3

NICE Threshold changed?

Should NICE's threshold be changed given that it was used for more than two decades without adjusting?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   282  |   0

Implicit vs Explicit Thresholds

Why do many countries apply implicit thresholds rather than explicit thresholds?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   288  |   1

Why the policy maker in Thailand is willing to increase threshold?

Why the policy maker in Thailand is willing to increase threshold?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   288  |   0

At the beginning, how was the threshold set in Thailand? Who started? and how did it work? what needed to start the discussion of setting up the threshold? (Health economic guideline?)

At the beginning, how was the threshold set in Thailand? Who started? and how did it work? what needed to start the discussion of setting up the threshold? (Health economic guideline?)

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   293  |   1

Budget Impact 'Threshold'?

As we know, CET is not the only factor that affects reimbursement. One important factor is the budget impact. So, should we also have Budget Impact 'Threshold' as well, or at least some clarity on what kind of budget impact would likely be acceptable to the payer and/or government?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   295  |   0

Global Health Agencies using CET?

Should global health agencies e.g. Global Fund and Gavi use CET so that they are not push countries to invest in treatments or vaccines that are unlikely to be good value for money in LMICs?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   291  |   0

Considerations for setting CETs from scratch?

What are some considerations if a country is setting CETs completely from scratch?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   301  |   0

In case of threshold is no longer used to determine whether to reimburse health technologies in the health system, what are other considerations to include a health technology in NLEM/reimbursement system?

In case of threshold is no longer used to determine whether to reimburse health technologies in the health system, what are other considerations to include a health technology in NLEM/reimbursement system?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   295  |   0

Should we consider different CETs in various situations e.g. rare diseases or end-stage diseases?

Should we consider different CETs in various situations e.g. rare diseases or end-stage diseases?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   268  |   0

Indonesia - CET study on demand and supply side

In Indonesia, this year we (MoH) have conducted a study of cost effectiveness Threshold both on demand and supply side. The demand side study has been finished and got the results. While the supply side is in the process of analysis. We are wondering and keep questioning among experts, what is the b...

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   295  |   1

Supply Side WTP

From the supply side, do you think it's appropriate that as a country has increasing economic prosperity, the WTP of the government should also increase? Especially in developing countries?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   304  |   1

Decreasing or increasing CET?

In case the results from either reviewing or future study show that we should decrease rather than increase CET, should we follow that recommendation or keep it as it is?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   265  |   0

Inequalities in Resource allocation within a country.

By saying CET to be regional specific, are not we are introducing inequalities in resource allocation within a country. An intervention included in one Indian state is excluded in another state. Is there any clue from Canadian practice of resource allocation?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   319  |   0

CET using demand side?

Estimating CET using demand side could be erroneous because people may claim that they will pay more than what they can pay in reality. What do you think? How to deal with this?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   304  |   0

What does CET look like if Distributional CEA is applied in policy decisions? Can the same CET be used for DCEA?

What does CET look like if Distributional CEA is applied in policy decisions? Can the same CET be used for DCEA?

Asked: 17 Jan 2024  |   303  |   0