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Uncertainty tolerance among experts involved in drug reimbursement recommendations: Qualitative evidence from HTA committees in Canada and Poland

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  • Wranik, Wiesława Dominika
  • Gambold, Liesl
  • Peacock, Stuart

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Drug reimbursement decisions often rely on health technology assessment (HTA). Increasingly, new drugs have limited clinical evidence and uncertain clinical benefit. Our goal was to describe how members of drug advisory committees and other stakeholders conceptualize and tolerate uncertainty and how they rationalize uncertainty tolerance.

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  • Wranik, Wiesława Dominika & Gambold, Liesl & Peacock, Stuart, 2021. "Uncertainty tolerance among experts involved in drug reimbursement recommendations: Qualitative evidence from HTA committees in Canada and Poland," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(3), pages 307-319.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:125:y:2021:i:3:p:307-319
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.12.007
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