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Potential impact of the implementation of multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) on the Polish pricing and reimbursement process of orphan drugs

Overview of attention for article published in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, March 2016
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Title
Potential impact of the implementation of multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) on the Polish pricing and reimbursement process of orphan drugs
Published in
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13023-016-0388-0
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Katarzyna Kolasa, Krzysztof M. Zwolinski, Zoltan Kalo, Tomasz Hermanowski

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the potential impact of the implementation of multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) on the Polish pricing and reimbursement (P&R) process with regard to orphan drugs. A four step approach was designed. Firstly, a systematic literature review was conducted to select the MCDA criteria. Secondly, a database of orphan drugs was established. Thirdly, health technology appraisals (HTA recommendations) were categorized and an MCDA appraisal was conducted. Finally, a comparison of HTA and MCDA outcomes was carried out. An MCDA outcome was considered positive if more than 50 % of the maximum number of points was reached (base case). In the sensitivity analysis, 25 % and 75 % thresholds were tested as well. Out of 2242 publications, 23 full-text articles were included. The final MCDA tool consisted of ten criteria. In total, 27 distinctive drug-indication pairs regarding 21 drugs were used for the study. Six negative and 21 positive HTA recommendations were issued. In the base case, there were 19 positive MCDA outcomes. Of the 27 cases, there were 12 disagreements between the HTA and MCDA outcomes, the majority of which related to positive HTA guidance for negative MCDA outcomes. All drug-indication pairs with negative HTA recommendations were appraised positively in the MCDA framework. Economic details were available for 12 cases, of which there were 9 positive MCDA outcomes. Amongst the 12 drug-indication pairs, two were negatively appraised in the HTA process, with positive MCDA guidance, and two were appraised in the opposite direction. An MCDA approach may lead to different P&R outcomes compared to a standard HTA process. On the one hand, enrichment of the list of decision making criteria means further scrutiny of a given health technology and as such increases the odds of a negative P&R outcome. On the other hand, it may uncover additional values and as such increase the odds of positive P&R outcomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 152 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 10%
Student > Master 16 10%
Other 15 10%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 48 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 18%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 23 15%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 7%
Social Sciences 8 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 5%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 52 34%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 August 2022.
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#2,592,582
of 22,788,370 outputs
Outputs from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
#329
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#43,106
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Outputs of similar age from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
#6
of 29 outputs
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