What is Value-Based Healthcare? Health is an intrinsic value and a precondition for pursuing a ‘good life’. Whilst universal healthcare provides equitable health to the population, most healthcare systems have strategies to improve quality of healthcare while reducing costs [1] [2]. The promise of value-base healthcare, or care delivered under value-based contracts, is receiving much attention [3]. […]
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What is value-based pricing of new healthcare technologies? Value-based pricing aims to reward pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies for investments in new healthcare technologies that result in sustained improvements in patient quality of life. We also expect such technologies to deliver measurable net economic benefits for society. In economic theory, value-based pricing is when […]
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What is Budget Impact Analysis? Pharmacoeconomic analyses in healthcare are paramount, because of the high costs of innovative technologies and limited possibilities of their funding. Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) is one such analysis that provides vital information for healthcare decision makers. [1] Unlike economic evaluations, such as cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), cost-utility analysis (CUA) and cost-benefit […]
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