Need for differential discounting of costs and health effects in cost effectiveness analyses

Werner B.F. Brouwer; Louis W. Niessen; Maarten J. Postma; Frans F.H. Rutten

doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7514.446

Need for differential discounting of costs and health effects in cost effectiveness analyses

Werner B.F. Brouwer, Louis W. Niessen, Maarten J. Postma, Frans F.H. Rutten

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Abstract

New National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines change the discount rates for costs and effects from 6% and 1.5% respectively to 3.5% for both. This change gives a lower weight to future health effects and may worsen the cost effectiveness ratio, especially for preventive interventions. Differential discounting is more appropriate when non-monetary outcomes like QALYs are used NICE should return to a 1.5% discount rate for effects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	446-448
Number of pages	3
Journal	British medical journal
Volume	331
Issue number	7514
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7514.446
State	Published - Aug 20 2005
Externally published	Yes

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