Cost-effectiveness and evidence evaluation as criteria for coverage policy

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作者
Garber, AM [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Vet Affairs Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Ctr Primary Care & Outcomes Res, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Ctr Hlth Policy, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1377/hlthaff.W4.284
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Private health plans and government health insurance programs in the United States base their coverage decisions on evidence criteria, rather than explicit cost-effectiveness criteria, As health spending continues to grow rapidly, however, approaches to coverage policy that ignore costs fail to meet the needs of consumers, employers, health plans, and federal and state governments. I describe the role of evidence-based criteria in formal coverage decision making and contrast the ways that these criteria differ from cost-effectiveness criteria. Finally, I discuss options for incorporating considerations of cost-effectiveness into coverage policy and other aspects of benefit design.
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页码:W284 / W296
页数:13
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