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1. Need for differential discounting of costs and health effects in cost effectiveness analyses.

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Brouwer, Werner B. F., Niessen, Louis W., Postma, Maarten J., and Rutten, Frans F. H.

Subjects
MEDICAL economics, HEALTH, MEDICAL care, SOCIAL conditions in Great Britain, 1945-
Abstract

Looks at the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to abandon differential discounting of future health. Author's view that the decision is a step backwards and will impact funding decisions; Discussion of how discounting can have strong influence on cost effectiveness ratios for priority setting, especially in preventive interventions; Debate surrounding the current practice of equal discounting.

Published
2005
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