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Reflections on the Importance of Cost of Illness Analysis in Rare Diseases: A Proposal

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  • Patrizio Armeni

    (Cergas (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 20136 Milan, Italy)

  • Marianna Cavazza

    (Cergas (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), SDA Bocconi School of Management, 20136 Milan, Italy)

  • Entela Xoxi

    (Independent Pharmacologist Scientific Advisor in Rare Disease Pharmaceuticals and Registries, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Domenica Taruscio

    (National Centre for Rare Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00162 Rome, Italy)

  • Yllka Kodra

    (National Centre for Rare Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00162 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

In the field of rare diseases (RDs), the evidence standard is often lower than that required by health technology assessment (HTA) and payer authorities. In this commentary, we propose that appropriate economic evaluation for rare disease treatments should be initially informed by cost-of-illness (COI) studies conducted using a societal perspective. Such an approach contributes to improving countries’ understanding of RDs in their entirety as societal and not merely clinical, or product-specific issues. In order to exemplify how the disease burden’s distribution has changed over the last fifteen years, key COI studies for Hemophilia, Fragile X Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis are examined. Evidence shows that, besides methodological variability and cross-country differences, the disease burden’s share represented by direct costs generally grows over time as novel treatments become available. Hence, to support effective decision-making processes, it seems necessary to assess the re-allocation of the burden produced by new medicinal products, and this approach requires identifying cost drivers through COI studies with robust design and standardized methodology.

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  • Patrizio Armeni & Marianna Cavazza & Entela Xoxi & Domenica Taruscio & Yllka Kodra, 2021. "Reflections on the Importance of Cost of Illness Analysis in Rare Diseases: A Proposal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-18, January.
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