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Re: General healthchecks unlikely To Benefit Patients » jono_in_adelaide

Posted by herpills on October 25, 2012, at 8:25:23

In reply to Re: General healthchecks unlikely To Benefit Patients, posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 24, 2012, at 18:24:47

> Cost effectiveness means you use the cheap first line drugs forst (for example, sertaline which costs $4 per month) and reserve the ones costing $400 per month for resistant cases.
>
> It means insurance doesnt accept paying $400 per month for the latest drug when it hasnt been shown to be any more effective than the old cheap ones.
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> It means prescribing a good quality generic for $10 rather than a brand name for $100
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> I dont see anything wrong with any of these

Nothing wrong with this approach, but the problem is how do we determine when the $4 generic is ditched for something that will be more effective? How long does a patient have to suffer on an ineffective treatment until they are given the green light to try the next, more expensive agent? herpills


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