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SUBMITTER: Richardson J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5689032 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PharmacoEconomics - open 20170301 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>This paper suggests and tests a reason why the public might support the funding of services for rare diseases (SRDs) when the services are effective but not cost effective, i.e. when more health could be produced by allocating funds to other services. It is postulated that the fairness of funding a service is influenced by a comparison of the average patient benefit with the average cost to those who share the cost.<h4>Methods</h4>Survey respondents were asked to allocate a ...[more]