A proportional rule for setting reimbursement prices of new drugs and its mathematical consistency

Abstract Background Value-based pricing (VBP) of new drugs has been suggested both as a way to control health expenditures and to maximize health benefits based on the available resources. The purpose of this work is to present a simple mathematical proof showing that prices of new drugs are set in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afschin Gandjour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-5055-4