Objective: This study presented the analysis period, the complexity of combined therapy and comparator choice as the key limitations in the economic evaluation of new drugs, and discussed programs for coping with these limitations. Methods: This study evaluated the post-evaluation, risk-sharing agreement, extra funding program, and flexible incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) threshold as actions or programs that would increase accessibility to costly new drugs. The study also presented the cases of other countries. The application of the post-evaluation was considered to deal with high uncertainty regarding new drugs. Results: The risk-sharing agreement was introduced in European countries as well as South Korea and has been responsible for the shift from using the financial schemes to outcome-based schemes. The drug funding program has had troubled in securing stable extra funds. The application of higher ICER in the economic evaluation of expensive and innovative oncology drugs was criticized because of the inequity between oncology patients and patients with other diseases. Conclusion: Therefore, introducing and applying actions that would increase the accessibility to costly new drugs in South Korea have been deemed necessary after careful reviews and discussions with various stakeholders (insurer, policy makers, pharmaceutical companies and patients).
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ABSTRACT 연구 방법 신약의 경제성평가를 수행함에 있어 주요 제한점 분석기간 의약품에 대한 접근성을 높이기 위한 방안 경제성평가 수행에 있어 고려할 수 있는 대안 경제성평가 이외에 고려할 수 있는 대안 결론 및 제언 참고문헌
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Cost-effectivenessuncertaintyaccess to medicinepost-evaluationrisk-sharingICER(incremental costeffectiveness ratio)
저자
김유진 [ EuGene Kim | 서울대학교 보건대학원, 서울대학교 보건환경연구소 ]
김윤희 [ Younhee Kim | 서울대학교 보건환경연구소, 국회예산정책처 ]
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