Wednesday, April 07, 2010

PharmaTimes - QALYs are “an industry trick,” says German health chief

The cost-per-QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life years) pricing model is a trick used by drugmakers to raise prices, and as a pricing instrument it is “going completely the wrong way” because the benefits to patients cannot be quantified, a leading German health insurance expert has said.

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