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Future unrelated medical costs need to be considered in cost effectiveness analysis

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  • Pieter Baal

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Alec Morton

    (University of Strathclyde)

  • David Meltzer

    (University of Chicago)

  • Werner Brouwer

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Abstract

New medical technologies that prolong life result in additional health care use in life years gained. Some of these costs in life years gained are considered to be related to the intervention while other costs are considered unrelated. Here, we argue that ignoring these so-called future medical costs in cost effectiveness analysis is contrary to common sense, results in lost health and fails to inform decision makers for whom cost effectiveness is supposed to serve.

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  • Pieter Baal & Alec Morton & David Meltzer & Werner Brouwer, 2019. "Future unrelated medical costs need to be considered in cost effectiveness analysis," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 20(1), pages 1-5, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:20:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s10198-018-0976-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-018-0976-0
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      by Bren Collins in The Academic Health Economists' Blog on 2019-03-18 12:00:58

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