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Sustainability of public finances: inclusion of unrelated medical cost only part of the story

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No funding was received in relation to the work described here. AB served as Member of NICE Technology Appraisal Committee (2012–2018); however, the views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NICE from his prior engagement.

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  1. Global Market Access Solutions Sarl, St-Prex, Switzerland

    Mark P. Connolly & Nikolaos Kotsopoulos

  2. Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Mark P. Connolly & Maarten J. Postma

  3. Department of Economics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Nikolaos Kotsopoulos

  4. Reckitt Benckiser Research and Development, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3UH, UK

    Aomesh Bhatt

  5. Unit of Global Health, Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands

    Maarten J. Postma

  6. Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Maarten J. Postma

  7. Department of Pharmacology and Therapy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

    Maarten J. Postma

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Connolly, M.P., Kotsopoulos, N., Bhatt, A. et al. Sustainability of public finances: inclusion of unrelated medical cost only part of the story. Eur J Health Econ 20, 1281–1282 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01109-3

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