Ranking medical innovations according to perceived health benefit

Abstract

Objectives: In 2001, Fuchs and Sox published a landmark study on the relative importance for patients of thirty preselected medical innovations in the United States. About a decade later, we replicated the study in the Netherlands in response to the continuing debate on rising healthcare costs. The aims were to provide an updated list of medical innovations, categorise these according to their impact and novelty, provide a ranking according to the perceived health benefit by Dutch clinical and health technology experts, and draw conclusions for health technology policy making at a macro-level. Methods: A search to identify medical innovations introduced in healthcare systems between 1990 and..