Budget Impact Analysis Of Osteoporosis Drug Therapy Reimbursement Criteria Updates In Korea

“Budget Impact Analyses”: a practical policy making tool for drug reimbursement decisions

Increasing accessibility and affordability of healthcare services has been considered as an important policy objective since the beginning of 1980s in Iran. However, current 60- 70% health care out-of-pocket payments create a barrier to an equal access to quality health services, especially in terms of new medicines which affects equity issues and "health" in Iran. Currently, health insurance o...

National Healthcare Budget Impact Analysis of the Treatment for Osteoporosis and Fractures in Korea

BACKGROUND This study was to determine the impact on the national healthcare expenditure for the treatment of osteoporosis and fractures if the coverage period for osteoporosis medication was extended from maximum a year to continuous period as required. METHODS Preserving the current reimbursement guidelines, maximum one year's coverage for osteoporosis medication was set as scenario A. Cont...

“Budget Impact Analyses”: a practical policy making tool for drug reimbursement decisions

Increasing accessibility and affordability of healthcare services has been considered as an important policy objective since the beginning of 1980s in Iran. However, current 60- 70% health care out-of-pocket payments create a barrier to an equal access to quality health services, especially in terms of new medicines which affects equity issues and "health" in Iran. Currently, health insurance o...

a standard model of conducting pharmaceutical budget impact analyses for drug reimbursement in iran

Finding legitimacy for the role of budget impact in drug reimbursement decisions.

OBJECTIVES Research has shown that effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and severity of illness each play a role in drug reimbursement decisions. However, the role of budget impact in such decisions is less obvious. Policy makers almost always demand a budget impact estimate yet seem reluctant to formally include budget impact as a rationing criterion. Health economists even reject budget impact ...