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The reimbursement coverage decisions and pricing rules for medical devices in Taiwan

Medical technology is undergoing rapid transformations, and the classifications of medical devices have also expanded greatly; therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate reimbursement policies and pricing mechanisms in a timely manner. This paper aims to introduce the reimbursement coverage a...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Hsin-Yi, Huang, Yu-Wen, Chang, Shu-Ya, Huang, Li-Ying, Lin, Chii Jeng, Lee, Po-Chang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/hta000134
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author Tsai, Hsin-Yi
Huang, Yu-Wen
Chang, Shu-Ya
Huang, Li-Ying
Lin, Chii Jeng
Lee, Po-Chang
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description Medical technology is undergoing rapid transformations, and the classifications of medical devices have also expanded greatly; therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate reimbursement policies and pricing mechanisms in a timely manner. This paper aims to introduce the reimbursement coverage and pricing rules for medical devices in Taiwan. In addition, this paper identifies and evaluates available health technology assessments (HTA) and literature on published websites concerning medical device decision-making processes and pricing systems in South Korea and Japan, which are near Taiwan and have similar reimbursement coverage processes. Reimbursement policy and pricing mechanisms are constantly being revised in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Recently, all three countries attempted to establish new reimbursement coverage decision-making and pricing rules, adopting a differentiated approach based on the level of evidence required for the appropriated reimbursement in terms of a feasible evaluation mechanism for providing patients with more effective medical devices. This article is expected to contribute to providing references to new reimbursement coverage decision-making and pricing rules.
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spelling pubmed-89536622022-03-30 The reimbursement coverage decisions and pricing rules for medical devices in Taiwan Tsai, Hsin-Yi Huang, Yu-Wen Chang, Shu-Ya Huang, Li-Ying Lin, Chii Jeng Lee, Po-Chang GMS Health Innov Technol Article Medical technology is undergoing rapid transformations, and the classifications of medical devices have also expanded greatly; therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate reimbursement policies and pricing mechanisms in a timely manner. This paper aims to introduce the reimbursement coverage and pricing rules for medical devices in Taiwan. In addition, this paper identifies and evaluates available health technology assessments (HTA) and literature on published websites concerning medical device decision-making processes and pricing systems in South Korea and Japan, which are near Taiwan and have similar reimbursement coverage processes. Reimbursement policy and pricing mechanisms are constantly being revised in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Recently, all three countries attempted to establish new reimbursement coverage decision-making and pricing rules, adopting a differentiated approach based on the level of evidence required for the appropriated reimbursement in terms of a feasible evaluation mechanism for providing patients with more effective medical devices. This article is expected to contribute to providing references to new reimbursement coverage decision-making and pricing rules. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2022-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8953662/ /pubmed/35360087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/hta000134 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tsai et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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