title: Some essential clarifications: IQWiG comments on two critiques of the efficiency frontier approach.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Quality and Efficieny in Health Care (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen, IQWiG), Dillenburger Strasse, Koeln, Germany.
authors.forename: Charalabos-Markos
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dintsios
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004470:Economics, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*