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Hyper-expensive new therapies and the prioritisation of R&D

Wilson, JGS; Hunter, D; (2011) Hyper-expensive new therapies and the prioritisation of R&D. Nuffield Council on Bioethics: London, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

This background paper - produced for the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Forward Look Seminar 2011 - provides a summary of the ethical arguments and policy issues which arise in considering very expensive medical treatments and their place within a fixed healthcare budget such as the NHS.

Type: Report
Title: Hyper-expensive new therapies and the prioritisation of R&D
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/future-work/futur...
Additional information: Report made available with permission of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Keywords: resource allocation, healthcare rationing, hyperexpensive treatments, NICE
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1325654
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