Unrelated future costs and unrelated future benefits : reflections on NICE guidance to the methods of technology appraisal

Morton, Alec and Adler, Amanda I. and Briggs, Andy and Bell, David and Brouwer, Werner and Claxton, Karl and Fischer, Alastair and Craig, Neil and McGregor, Peter and van Baal, Pieter (2016) Unrelated future costs and unrelated future benefits : reflections on NICE guidance to the methods of technology appraisal. Health Economics, 25 (8). 933–938. ISSN 1057-9230

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Abstract

In this editorial, we consider the vexing issue of “unrelated future costs” (for example, the costs of caring for people with dementia or kidney failure after preventing their deaths from a heart attack). The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance is not to take such costs into account in technology appraisals. However, standard appraisal practice involves modelling the benefits of those unrelated technologies. We argue that there is a sound principled reason for including both the costs and benefits of unrelated care. Changing this practice would have material consequences for decisions about reimbursing particular technologies and we urge future research to understand this better.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:56361
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 August 2016
    Published
    3 July 2016
    Published Online
    11 May 2016
    Accepted
    Notes:This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Morton, A., Adler, A. I., Bell, D., Briggs, A., Brouwer, W., Claxton, K., Craig, N., Fischer, A., McGregor, P., and van Baal, P. (2016) Unrelated Future Costs and Unrelated Future Benefits: Reflections on NICE Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal. Health Econ., 25: 933–938. doi: 10.1002/hec.3366., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3366. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Public Finance
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Management Science
    Strathclyde Business School > Economics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 May 2016 13:41
    Last modified:17 Apr 2024 00:24
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/56361
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