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Authors
Veszelei, Ivar https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4889-0616
Godman, Brian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6539-6972
Aaltonen, Katri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1737-264X
Selke, Gisbert W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9614-9875
Garuolienė, Kristina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7910-0108
Cangini, Agnese https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1640-3993
Kurdi, Amanj https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-1988
Rodrigues, António Teixeira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8161-9264
Pontes, Caridad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-6048
Torre, Carla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5542-9993
Lunghi, Carlotta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7636-6285
Burton, Edel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-0174
Poplavska, Elita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9649-2120
Jónsdóttir, Freyja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-6723
Petrova, Guenka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-5138
Langner, Irene https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-3921
Iaru, Irina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8011-3261
Odnoletkova, Irina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-1250
Slabý, Juraj
Gvozdanović, Katarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7943-3030
Saastamoinen, Leena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-0137
Laius, Ott https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3828-1373
Benkö, Ria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8009-8962
Žiogaitė, Silvija https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2769-0598
McTaggart, Stuart https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-9019
Mueller, Tanja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-4789
de Pando, Thais https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9238-5560
Tesař, Tomáš https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0023-4574
Mitkova, Zornitsa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-200X
Wettermark, Björn https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-2516
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Article History
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 8 August 2025
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: Open access funding provided by Uppsala University. The study was financed by local funds from Uppsala University.
: Agnese Cangini, Gisbert W. Selke, Irene Langner, Katri Aaltonen, Ott Laius, Thais de Pando, and Tomáš Tesař are affiliated with organizations involved in payer decision making and the reimbursement of medicines, although they may not be directly engaged in such activities. Juraj Slabý and Leena Saastamoinen are affiliated with organizations involved in health technology assessment in advisory or expert roles. Ivar Veszelei, Brian Godman, Kristina Garuolienė, Amanj Kurdi, António Teixeira Rodrigues, Caridad Pontes, Carla Torre, Carlotta Lunghi, Edel Burton, Elita Poplavska, Freyja Jónsdóttir, Guenka Petrova, Irina Iaru, Irina Odnoletkova, Katarina Gvozdanović, Ria Benkö, Silvija Žiogaitė, Stuart McTaggart, Tanja Mueller, Zornitsa Mitkova, and Björn Wettermark have no conflicts of interest related to payer or health technology assessment agencies.
: This is an observational study using only national-level aggregated data and thus ethical approval was not required.
: As only national-level aggregated data were used, patient consent to participate was not required.
: Not applicable.
: All data of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: Ivar Veszelei and Björn Wettermark were responsible for the study's conception. All authors participated in designing the study, with Ivar Veszelei taking on overall management responsibilities, including organizing meetings, managing documentation, and facilitating clear communication among the team. Data management, collection, and analysis was performed by Ivar Veszelei. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Björn Wettermark based on a prior master thesis written by Ivar Veszelei, under supervision of BW. All authors reviewed various versions of the manuscript, provided feedback, and approved the final version.
