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LATEST BLOG ARTICLES
Headroom analysis as a method to estimate the potential for a cost-effective implementation of self-management interventions
The COMPAR-EU project aims to rank the most (cost-)effective interventions for self-management. To estimate the cost-effectiveness of self-management interventions (SMIs) health economic models were used to predict the lifetime health benefits and (healthcare) costs for a scenario assuming one-time implementation of a SMI in comparison with a scenario assuming care as usual.
Qualitative interviews to facilitate a smooth transition from the evidence of self-management interventions to practice
Patients and health care professionals can use self-management interventions (SMI) to improve patient outcomes if there are decision-making tools that structure and facilitate the use of evidence in practice.
LATEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Headroom approach to device development: current and future directions
The headroom approach to medical device development relies on the estimation of a value-based price ceiling at different stages of the development cycle. Such price-ceilings delineate the commercial opportunities for new products in many healthcare systems. We apply a simple model to obtain critical business information as the product proceeds along a development pathway, and indicate some future directions for the development of the approach.