Table 6.

Reimbursement solutions for IVDs in selected European countries.

Country	Health system	Benefit basket	Catalog characteristics	Elements of tariff calculation
Germany	Social Health Insurance	Uniform value scale	Positive list, generic description of medical act	Non-medical acts involved/time spent based on expert opinion, material costs, investment costs
France	Etatist Social Health Insurance	Nomenclature of the medical biological acts	Positive list, generic description of medical act	Time spent on medical act, stress level during medical act, mental effort, technical competence
UK	National Health Service	Benefit basket as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on technologies	Commercial tests are specified within NICE guidance	Cost parameters in relation to efficiency, appropriateness, and quality; standard costs of related medical acts in the regions

Adapted from shedding light on reimbursement policies of companion diagnostics in European countries p. 608. Copyright 2020 by ScienceDirect.