Figure 2.

(A) Sequence of decisions by the commission by type of technology. Depiction of the 46 coverage with evidence development ‘CED’ decisions ‘yes, in evaluation’. Colours are according to the type of medical technology as defined by EuroScan¹⁵(devices (grey), diagnostics (orange), procedures (blue) and programmes (green)). Bars represent time from initial decision to final decision. Intercepts indicate prolongation of the initial evaluation period. Symbols to the right of bars show the decision that ended the evaluation period. (B) Sequence of decisions by the commission by type of technology. Depiction of the 36 ‘CED’ decisions ‘no, in evaluation’. Colours are according to the type of medical technology as defined by EuroScan¹⁵(devices (grey), diagnostics (orange), procedures (blue) and programmes (green)). Bars represent time from initial decision to final decision. Symbols to the right of bars show the decision that ended the evaluation period.