The use of the cost minimisation approach in Health Technology Assessment submissions to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

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Data collected to support analysis of the use of the cost minimisation approach (CMA) in Health Technology Assessment submissions to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.

All public summary documents (PSD) available online from meetings between July 2005 and December 2022 (inclusive) were downloaded [1] and matched to the PBAC outcomes [2]. PSDs were searched for terminology related to cost minimisation ("cost-minimisation", "cost minimisation", and "CMA") for relevance to the research. Relevant PSDs were manually reviewed for inclusion criteria, including being a major submission (or category 1 and 2 between 2021 and 2022) using CMA for an eligible product type.

For eligible submissions, data was collected by a single reviewer through a holistic review of PSDs and subsequently supplemented by targeted keyword searches for validation. A second reviewer assessed accuracy for a 5% sample, which had 90% initial concordance. Differences were deliberated and resolved through consensus, resulting in the retention of 97% of the initially coded data.

The Department of Health and Aged Care owns the copyright in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee Public Summary Documents and Outcomes. These materials are © Commonwealth of Australia, used under license. Permitted use of this data requires the inclusion of a copyright notice as follows: '© Commonwealth of Australia'.

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- Matched Web Outcomes Text

- PBAC Outcomes column 1

- PBAC Outcomes column 2

- PBAC Outcomes column 3

- PBAC Outcomes column 4

- PBAC Outcomes column 5

- Reasons for rejection

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