Paying for cost-effective health care: Does it violate both static- and dynamic efficiency?

Recent research has questioned the rationales of using cost-effectiveness metrics of medical technologies to guide reimbursement. I discuss here the underlying ideas of this research, which argues that reimbursement based on cost effectiveness criteria leads to both static- and dynamic inefficiencie...

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Main Author: Tomas J Philipson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2015-03-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Health Economics
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Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/NJHE/article/view/1289
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Summary:Recent research has questioned the rationales of using cost-effectiveness metrics of medical technologies to guide reimbursement. I discuss here the underlying ideas of this research, which argues that reimbursement based on cost effectiveness criteria leads to both static- and dynamic inefficiencies.
ISSN:1892-9729
1892-9710