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Incorporating financial protection into decision rules for publicly financed healthcare treatments
Health Economics, 05/03/2012
Smith PC – The paper shows how conventional cost–effectiveness analysis can readily be augmented to take account of financial protection objectives. The results depend on whether or not there exists a market in complementary privately funded health care. They have important implications for the methodology adopted by health technology assessment agencies and for the broader design of publicly funded health systems.
