A cost-benefit analysis of using evidence of effectiveness in terms of progression free survival in making reimbursement decisions on new cancer therapies

Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-52

  Stevens, Warren ^a   Philipson, Tomas ^b   Wu, Yanyu ^a   Chen, Connie ^c   Lakdawalla, Darius ^d  

^a PRECISION HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost benefit; Evidence; Reimbursement; Surrogate endpoints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928649069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15589544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/fhep-2013-0025     Document Type: Article

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