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Erschienen in: PharmacoEconomics 7/2007

01.07.2007 | Correspondence

Cost-Utility Analysis in China: Differences and Difficulties Compared with Developed Countries

verfasst von: Liu Bao Peng, Chong Qing Tan, Xiao Min Wan, Wei Cui

Erschienen in: PharmacoEconomics | Ausgabe 7/2007

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Many countries have adopted cost-utility analysis to evaluate the costs and outcomes associated with new drugs. In China, the National Center for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) places great emphasis on the use of cost-utility analysis. However, some of the patients and medical personnel in China do not presently consider cost-utility analysis to be important, and pharmacoeconomic studies in China are still difficult to conduct. In particular, it is difficult to evaluate the quality of life of patients in China; hence, the use of cost-utility analysis is limited. Indeed, to date we know of only a few published cost-utility analyses[13] of a treatment from a Chinese perspective. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Cost-Utility Analysis in China: Differences and Difficulties Compared with Developed Countries
verfasst von
Liu Bao Peng
Chong Qing Tan
Xiao Min Wan
Wei Cui
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2007
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
PharmacoEconomics / Ausgabe 7/2007
Print ISSN: 1170-7690
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-2027
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-200725070-00007

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