Methodological basis for budget impact analysis

Health plan budget impact analysis for pimecrolimus.

OBJECTIVE Budget impact models are useful tools for managed care organizations to make drug formulary decisions. The objective of this study was to estimate the incremental budgetary change in per-member-per-month (PMPM) medical and pharmacy costs for atopic dermatitis (AD) or eczema after the introduction of pimecrolimus cream 1%, a topical calcineurin inhibitor. METHODS Estimates of the per...

[Guidelines for budget impact analysis of health technologies in Brazil].

Budget impact analysis (BIA) provides operational financial forecasts to implement new technologies in healthcare systems. There were no previous specific recommendations to conduct such analyses in Brazil. This paper reviews BIA methods for health technologies and proposes BIA guidelines for the public and private Brazilian healthcare system. The following recommendations were made: adopt the ...

Budget impact analysis-principles of good practice: report of the ISPOR 2012 Budget Impact Analysis Good Practice II Task Force.

BACKGROUND Budget impact analyses (BIAs) are an essential part of a comprehensive economic assessment of a health care intervention and are increasingly required by reimbursement authorities as part of a listing or reimbursement submission. OBJECTIVES The objective of this report was to present updated guidance on methods for those undertaking such analyses or for those reviewing the results ...

Simulation of Product Life Cycle: Methodological Basis and Analysis Models

Project DOC: its Methodological Basis

Dictionary on Computer~ hereafter DOC, is part of an overall effort to harness an on-line computer for phono-logical research. For certain problems the linguist finds it necessary to organize large amounts of data, or to perform rather involved logical tasks-such as checking out a body of rules with intricate ordering relations. In these situations a computer can be invaluable in that it forces...