Empirical Estimates of the Marginal Cost of Health Produced by a Healthcare System: Methodological Considerations from Country-Level Estimates.

ABSTRACT: Many health technology assessment committees have an explicit or implicit reference value (often referred to as a 'threshold') below which new health technologies or interventions are considered value for money. The basis for these reference values is unclear but one argument is that it should be based on the health opportunity costs of funding decisions. Empirical estimates of the marginal cost per unit of health produced by a healthcare system have been proposed to capture the health opportunity costs of new funding decisions. Based on a systematic search, we identified eight studies that have sought to estimate a reference value through empirical estimation of the marginal cost per unit of health produced by a healthcare system for England, Spain, Australia, The Netherlands, Sweden, Sou

SUBMITTER: Edney LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478606 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature