Advocacy group issues report criticizing role of ICER in US healthcare
US advocacy group the Institute for Patient Access (IfPA) has released a document criticizing the influence of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), a Boston, USA-based health economic research group that provides cost-effectiveness analyses of health technologies.
The ICER, which claims to be independent, is financed by a mixture of charitable donations and industry sources. Funding from foundations, which makes up about 80% of the total, comes from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF), the Blue Shield of California Foundation and others.
The IfPA report, called “ The ICER Myth” looks at four perceived limitations of ICER’s methodology.
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