Progress of Theoretical and Empirical Research on ICER Thresholds in China and Its Enlightenment
- VernacularTitle:我国ICER阈值理论和实证研究进展及启示
- Author:
Chenxi ZHANG
1
;
Haiyin WANG
;
Chunlin JIN
Author Information
1. 山东第二医科大学公共卫生学院 山东 潍坊 261053
- Keywords:
ICER threshold;
empirical research;
willingness to pay;
opportunity cost method
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2024;43(11):32-34,40
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To provide suggestions for exploring the ICER threshold's calculation method and reasonable estimation in China.Methods:It summarizes the consensus and analyze the disputes on thresholds in China based on theoretical and empirical research by literature review,compares the thresholds derived from willingness to pay versus opportunity cost methods.Results:Theoretical researches on threshold of China mainly focus on method for calculation,health output index,and health equity,etc.The controversy persists over the threshold's characteristics.The health care demand-side perspective willingness-to-pay method was the most widely used in the empirical studies,but the results of the thresholds measured by this method varied widely;the thresholds measured by the health care supply-side perspective opportunity cost method were lower than the thresholds obtained from the demand-side perspective.Conclusion:It is still essential to discuss the threshold's characteristics and establish the methods framework complementing both demand and supply side for Chinese health insurance,and to standardize and normalize the measurement methods,as well as to set up multi-level thresholds according to the preferences of the population,the severity of the disease,and so on,in order to take into account both economy and equity.
