CEVR analyzes the value of strategies to improve health and health care.

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From QALYs to Equal Value Life Years: Is Anyone Making the Shift?

From QALYs to Equal Value Life Years: Is Anyone Making the Shift? Antony P. Martin and Peter J. Neumann Over the years, Congress has prohibited Medica...

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New CEVR Study Examines Coverage Policies for Cell and Gene Therapies

Boston, MA, September 30, 2025 — A new study from the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at Tufts Medical Center provides ne...

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David Strutton, PhD, to Join Tufts-CEVR as Senior Fellow

Boston, MA – July 29, 2025 – The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR), part of the Institute for Clinical Research and Health ...

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Events

CEVR Health Policy Seminar with Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH

2:30–3:30 on November 5, 2025

CEVR Health Policy Seminar with Carl Asche, PhD, MSc

2:00–3:00 on September 30, 2025

CEVR Health Policy Seminar with Nathaniel Hendrix, PhD, PharmD

2:00–3:00 on June 17, 2025

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Recent Publications

JAMA

Variation in US Commercial Health Plan Coverage Restrictions for Cell and Gene Therapies

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September 29, 2025

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Bereavement Experiences Among Parents of Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

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September 22, 2025

Value in Health

Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Work Functioning of Parents of Children Who Have Died of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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September 10, 2025

Vaccine

Family spillover effects in cost-effectiveness analyses of vaccines

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September 19, 2025

Alzheimers & Dementia

Characterizing financial risk from out-of-pocket expenditures across dementia stages

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September 15, 2025

Health Affairs

Health Technology Assessment, Again: A Transparent, Evidence-Based Approach For CMS Drug Price Negotiations

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August 4, 2025

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Value assessment for health services and procedures: a call to action in a new political climate

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July 18, 2025

Health Affairs Scholar

What drug characteristics explain the wide range of manufacturer rebates?

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July 15, 2025

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The CEVR Team

Our team of experienced, dedicated researchers is led by health economists Peter Neumann and Josh Cohen. Together we produce cutting-edge health care cost-effectiveness research.

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Our Databases

Our comprehensive databases provide the information individuals and organizations need to analyze the benefits, risks, and costs of strategies to improve health and health care.

CEA Registry

The CEA Registry is a comprehensive database of 9,080 cost-utility analyses on a wide variety of diseases and treatments.

Global Health CEA Registry

The GH CEA Registry is the first comprehensive database to compile articles utilizing the “cost-per-DALY averted” metric to measure the efficacy of health interventions.

SPEC Database

The Specialty Drug Evidence and Coverage (SPEC) Database is a new data resource developed with the goal of providing an empirical basis to commercial payer specialty drug coverage.

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