And the same year, HAS’s Commission for Economic Evaluation and Public Health (Commission évaluation
économique et de santé publique, CEESP) was established
to oversee the integration of cost-effectiveness into clinical practice and public decision making. By 2009, HAS
had also began to develop a societal benefit measure, SERC
(service rendu à la collectivité), for the purpose of capturing
not only the medical and economic costs and benefits of health services; but also important ethical, social,
and legal considerations