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Peripheral vascular interventions
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Date
Number of report
051
Endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
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The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Only EVAR for unruptured aneurysm is considered.
The only reimbursement within public / statutory health insurance systems is considered.
Report includes essential information about reimbursement and national funding, including:
- Brief overview of reimbursement system for medical devices
- Procedure coding for technology
- Diagnosis coding
- Payment mechanism for technology
- Reimbursement tariffs for technology
- Restrictions in indications or scenarios for use of technology
- Policy considerations by payers and policy-makers about technology
Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England (UK)
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
It is also possible to add analysis in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Turkey.
Manufacturers of devices for aortic stent graft for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm include:
- Bolton Medical (Treovance)
- Cook Medical (Zenith Flex)
- Cordis (Incraft)
- Endologix (Nellix, Ovation iX, Powerlink, Eptfe AFX, AFX2)
- Gore (Excluder)
- Lombard Medical (Aorfix)
- Medtronic (AneuRx, AAAdvantage, Talent, Endurant II)
- Vascutek (Anaconda)
Table of content is not available at the moment. Report is still ongoing.
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Jan 2020
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Mar 2019
The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Only EVAR for unruptured aneurysm is considered. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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