Risk of ageism in the use of cost-effectiveness thresholds in the recommendations of the national commission for incorporation of technologies in the Brazilian Unified Health System

• Main Authors: Julia Simões Correa Galendi (Author), Patrick Alexander Wachholz (Author), Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas (Author), Vania dos Santos Nunes Nogueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Government agencies perform health technology assessment when evaluating requests to incorporate technologies in public health systems. To promote participation in this decision-making process, the National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies in the Unified Health System (CONITEC) makes...