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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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Two HTAs on robotic devices released in Finland

In October 2023, the FinCCHTA published on its website a Digi-HTA assessment aiming to evaluate two following robotic technologies:

  • Lokomat robot-assisted walking rehabilitation device;
  • Indego – Exoskeleton robot-assisted walking device.

According to the assessment subareas, both products received the following scores:

  • Effectiveness – lack of sufficient data (1);
  • Safety – sufficient (2);
  • Costs – reasonable (2);
  • Data security and data protection – lack of sufficient data (1);
  • Usability and accessibility – sufficient (2).

The products received a total score of 08 (out of 10), which means the quality but insufficiency of available evidence and safety data. The cost of using the products could be high. There could be minor deficiencies in data security and protection or usability and accessibility.

See more information in Finnish here.

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