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Cost-efficient European adaptations of global health economic models

Experience with model adaptations in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK

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Reimbursement summary for angioplasty of arteries of lower extremities

This post presents an extract from our reimbursement analysis for angioplasty of arteries lower extremities using plain and drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for peripheral artery disease in England, France and Germany. Plain balloon angioplasty is reimbursement via DRG solely and DCBs are reimbursement via combination of DRG and add-on reimbursement.
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Initiated HTAs by AVALIA-T in Spain in April and May 2023

In April and May 2023, it was announced that the Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AVALIA-T) initiated several HTAs, including the evaluations in the e-health, nephrology and urology, men’s health, IVD, obstetrics and gynecology, pulmonary and airways, surgical procedures, and some other fields. Some examples can be found below:

  • Invasive telemonitoring of pulmonary pressures in patients with heart failure;
  • Utility of liquid biopsy in the management of colorectal cancer in I-IV stages;
  • Safety of using non-resorbable polymer clips in living-donor laparoscopic nephrectomy;
  • Cryopreservation and ovarian tissue autotransplantation for fertility preservation in patients with oncology or non-oncology processes;
  • Evaluation of the lung cancer screening program;
  • Systematic review of the effectiveness and safety of phalloplasty as masculinizing genital surgery.

The full details in Spanish can be found here.

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