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DYNAMICS OF DEVICE INNOVATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSING VALUE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2013

Annetine C. Gelijns ,
Mark J. Russo ,
Kimberly N. Hong ,
Lawrence D. Brown ,
Deborah D. Ascheim  and
Alan J. Moskowitz
Annetine C. Gelijns
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mark J. Russo
Affiliation:
Barnabas Health Heart Centers
Kimberly N. Hong
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lawrence D. Brown
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Columbia University
Deborah D. Ascheim
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alan J. Moskowitz
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Abstract

Background: In recent years, there has been growing interest in evaluating the health and economic impact of medical devices. Payers increasingly rely on cost-effectiveness analyses in making their coverage decisions, and are adopting value-based purchasing initiatives. These analytic approaches, however, have been shaped heavily by their use in the pharmaceutical realm, and are ill-adapted to the medical device context.

Methods: This study focuses on the development and evaluation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) to highlight the unique challenges involved in the design and conduct of device trials compared with pharmaceuticals.

Results: Devices are moving targets characterized by a much higher degree of post-introduction innovation and “learning by using” than pharmaceuticals. The cost effectiveness ratio of left ventricular assist devices for destination therapy, for example, decreased from around $600,000 per life year saved based on results from the pivotal trial to around $100,000 within a relatively short time period.

Conclusions: These dynamics pose fundamental challenges to the evaluation enterprise as well as the policy-making world, which this paper addresses.

Keywords

Medical devicesValue purchasing

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THEME - HTA and Value
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 365 - 373
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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