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CEA Transparency Gains Welcome, but Guidelines Need Scrutiny: Economist
Efforts to improve transparency in Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system are a step forward, but they should not distract from unresolved questions over the validity of the analytical guidelines underpinning the system, health economist Ataru Igarashi says. Igarashi, a project…
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