How to assess uncertainties in health economic decision making?

manuela Joore

How to make decisions regarding marketing authorisations? Especially when taking into account that medicines are often very expensive? It is assumed that science provides certainty. But how "certain" are research results? Can you properly weigh uncertainties and risks for policy decisions, even without "100% evidence"? The TRansparent Uncertainty ASsessmenT (TRUST) Tool helps with this. Manuela Joore (RL Creating Value-Based Healthcare) explains how the tool works on the ZonMW website (in Dutch).

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