Many health technology assessment committees have an explicit or implicit reference value
(often referred to as a 'threshold') below which new health technologies or interventions are …

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the trade-off between economics and epidemic
prevention (safety) has become painfully clear worldwide. This situation thus highlights the …

The pressure on both tax and insurance-based health care budgets has been high for many
years. On the demand side, pressure is increased by an aging population and higher living …

A cost-effectiveness analysis has become an important method to inform allocation
decisions and reimbursement of new technologies in healthcare. A cost-effectiveness …

Background In the context of priority setting, a differential cost-effectiveness threshold can be
used to reflect a higher societal willingness to pay for quality-adjusted life-year gains in the …

Background Health technology assessment has been increasingly used in China, having
been legally mandated in 2019, to inform reimbursement decisions and price negotiations …

Objectives Decision-making frameworks that draw on economic evaluations increasingly
use equity weights to facilitate a more equitable and fair allocation of healthcare resources …

Background The endogenous nature of healthcare expenditure means that instruments are
often used when estimating the relationship between expenditure and mortality. Previous …

There is growing interest in cost-effectiveness thresholds as a tool to inform resource
allocation decisions in health care. Studies from several countries have sought to estimate …

There has been considerable debate on the extent to which future costs should be included
in cost-effectiveness analyses of health technologies. In this article, we summarize the …