PLANT-A-TREE - AN OPEN ACESS DECISION TREE BUILDER
Are you embarking on a study to evaluate cost effectiveness of a certain intervention but unsure how to do visualize your comparisons?
Plant-A-Tree is an open-source Microsoft® Excel Add-In that you can use to make decision trees for use in economic evaluations or any decision problem you are facing. It is free and simple-to-use – try it for yourself and download now!
To start, we introduce you to GEAR online resource’s several features:
Do you want to understand a little more on what GEAR can offer to you? Watch this animation that explains in the simplest way possible the features of GEAR.
The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) studies compare the health outcomes and costs associated with competing health care programs. Such studies are used to identify the intervention with the best value for money for better resources allocation and to support priority setting. However, CEA studies pose many methodological issues, including their use and interpretation for policymakers. To help researchers address this issue, Guide to Economic ... Continue reading
How do we conceptualize ideas and find solutions? We map them out!
The mind map feature of the GEAR online resource provides users with a way to address their challenges through short-term and long-term solutions visually represented through the mind map. The right-side provides researchers with immediate solutions for their current challenges based on available information. The left-side shows researchers which questions arise from the methodological challenges presented and the hypotheses they are based on.
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The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) under the
Japanese Ministry of Health and Labour Welfare determines the official price
and pricing system (for any changes) of drugs and medical devices. Effective
ways for them to keep healthcare expenditure low in the face of Japan's aging
society and the development of new, high-priced technologies are of increasing
interest and importance. Since 2016, the Council has implemented economic
evaluations on a trial basis to address this concern (Shiroiwa et al).
The Special Committee on Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation, a subcommittee
within the Chuikyo comprised of representatives from "healthcare
payers [...], health care professionals [...], and public interest groups (e.g.
academics)" as well as non-voting
industry representatives and health economists, have discussed and built
consensus on the use of economic evaluations for future re-pricing of drugs,
medical devices, as well as interventions using expensive medical devices (by
2018). This Chuikyo-approved guideline is required when manufacturers
and other groups submit cost-effectiveness analyses to the council (Shiroiwa et
al).
Source: Shiroiwa, Takeru, et al. "Development of an official guideline for the economic evaluation of drugs/medical devices in Japan." Value in Health 20.3 (2017): 372-378.
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