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Key Questions About Products
- Does it work? Is it safe?
- Regulatory Approval
- Relevant for covered population (i.e. Medicare over 65y)
- When should it be used? Who will most benefit?
- Appropriateness guidelines
- Patient selection criteria
- How does it compare? Is it definitively better?
- Earlier generation of technology
- Within same class of technology
- Rigor of comparative reviews
- What is the value? Can the value be captured?
- Is it cost-effective? Is it cost-saving?
- Is there an ROI? When? To Whom?
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