title: Factors that led to the implementation of the efficiency frontier approach in health economic evaluation in Germany: do not avoid the elephant in the room. Comment on Klingler et al. (Health Policy 109 (2013) 270-280).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: Frank.Sandmann@iqwig.de.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sandmann
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerber-Grote
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lhachimi
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D033161:Government Regulation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*