Professor Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Description: The presentation will illustrate what should go into a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the point-of-care, at home, and home collection testing with traditional testing and with each other. The discussion will also focus on the incentives for patients and providers and the market conditions that encourage or discourage innovations like these around the world.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify key considerations in a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing point-of-care, at home, and home collection testing with traditional testing and with each other including perspective, time horizon, cost considerations, and outcome measures 2. Describe patient demand and provider incentives in the markets for testing and how these would encourage or discourage technological innovation in testing
