Welcome to the fifth episode of Health Econ On The Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from April 2024, touching on the impact of willingness-to-pay thresholds on access to cancer drugs, a review of the pay-for-performance scheme in Brazil and an analysis of the relationship between welfare generosity and health. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at
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Papers discussed on this episode:
"The impact of willingness-to-pay threshold on price reduction recommendations for oncology drugs: a review of assessments conducted by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health", available here: https://becarispublishing.com/doi/full/10.57264/cer-2023-0178"Does pay-for-performance design matter? Evidence from Brazil" available here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38661300/#:~:text=The%20cluster%20analysis%20showed%20what,in%20the%20mean%20PMAQ%20score."Is Redistribution Good for Our Health? Examining the Macro-Correlation between Welfare Generosity and Health across EU Nations over the Last 40 Years" available here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38567772/
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