Health Policy, 2015 v119(9), pp.1237-44.
- The authors test the feasibility of estimating the “true” cost per QALY threshold using information on the cost-effectiveness of “marginal” services in NHS Scotland ie those planned to receive significant investment or disinvestment in the coming financial year.
- Following literature searches for the cost effectiveness of 15 marginal services the authors found that the cost-effectiveness of marginal services varied hugely, and cost-effectiveness evidence was very rarely used to justify expenditure plans.
- Abstact