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NICE not ready to put patient preference into reimbursement decisions
NICE might use patient preference data to break a tie but won’t incorporate it in the standard economic models
March 5, 2020 7:13 PM UTC
Updated on Mar 5, 2020 at 7:22 PM UTC
After looking at the evidence, NICE has decided it’s still not prepared to put patient preference data into its economic models for reimbursement decisions. It’s leaving the door open to using the information in other ways, which stakeholders see as at least a step in the right direction.
In an article published January in The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) assessed the use of patient preference studies in reimbursement decisions and concluded that incorporating it in economic models is not compatible with its current methodological standards. ...