Policy Review and Economic Evaluation of the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy (EFC) Funding Arrangements (CHERE)

Project Member(s): De Abreu Lourenco, R., Viney, R., Cronin, P., Yu, W., Saing, S., Manipis, K., Crothers, A.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care: C)
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care: C)

Start year: 2021

Summary: A project focused on examining whether the EFC program framework, including how it currently pays for the products and services provided by the EFC supply chain, supports patient access to chemotherapy medicines in an efficient manner, and encourages innovation and collaboration through the EFC supply chain.

Publications:

Aranda, S, De Abreu Lourenco, R, Thomas, J, Webster, R, Crothers, A, Lewandowska, M, Saing, S, Addo, R, Fagery, M, Kim, N, Cronin, P & Viney, R Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care 2023, Review of the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy (EFC) Funding Arrangements. Final Report. Jan 2023., Online.

Manipis, K, Viney, R, De Abreu Lourenco, R, Ng, C-A, Yu, A, Meshcheriakova, E, De Feria Cardet, R, Carrello, J, Akanksha, A, Arora, S, Addo, R, Thomas, M, Cronin, P, Vigours, S, Vargas Parada, C, Norris, S, Kim, H & Goodall, S Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care 2023, Health Technology Assessment methods: Economic Evaluation. Australian Health Technology Assessment Methods and Policy Review, Canberra, Australia.

Aranda, S, De Abreu Lourenco, R, Thomas, J, Crothers, A, Lewandowska, M, Saing, S, Addo, R, Fagery, M, Kim, N, Cronin, P & Viney, R Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney 2022, Review of the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy (EFC) Funding Arrangements. Interim Report. July 2022., Released online.

FOR Codes: Health economics , Evaluation of Health Outcomes, Health Policy Economic Outcomes, Health Economics, Health policy evaluation, Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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