corina
Service, Brazil

Brazil cost inputs for economic models

The sources are public. Turning them into a defensible input is the work.

corina reconstructs the unit costs, prices and resource-use parameters a cost-effectiveness or budget-impact model needs for Brazil, from the public systems where they actually sit, and delivers them in your template with a purchase-level annex and a methods note the counterparty can audit. It is the local node teams usually stall on, because the data is open but not usable as it stands. If you want the full reasoning first, the companion piece maps where each input comes from.

The data is public, not usable

Brazilian government procurement is open, and that openness is deceptive. The same product sits under different catalogue codes, so a single code can cover both a specialised product and a commodity substitute bought at a fraction of the price. Suppliers enter the importer's name or a generic term instead of the brand. Prices sit against units, boxes and packs of different sizes, across several years. A keyword search across that misses real products, merges unrelated ones, and prices a premium item at the cost of a commodity.

What the reconstruction involves

  1. Every relevant category, read. The search covers all product categories, not only the obvious ones, which for a single family can run to tens of thousands of purchase records.
  2. Products identified through ANVISA. The regulator's registry recovers commercial names, registration holder and manufacturer, so products sold under an importer or sister-product name are found, and those registered for a different use are flagged.
  3. Classified by brand, not by code. A premium product is counted only where the brand is recorded, so it is never priced at the cost of a commodity substitute.
  4. Prices made comparable. Each purchase is updated to a single reference date with the national index, converted to a common unit, screened for outliers, and reported with the count behind each figure.
  5. Medicines checked against regulation. Paid prices are set against the CMED government ceiling, and the ANVISA registry settles availability, catching molecules with no active registration before they reach a base case.
  6. Real resource-use costs, built. Where SIGTAP reimbursement sits far below cost, hourly staff costs are built from public-sector payroll with employer contributions and productive hours, giving SIGTAP for reference, a base case and a range.

What you receive

An input file, completed in your own template, with cost, source, size and notes for every input, plus a base case and a sensitivity range where the item calls for one.

A purchase-level annex, every public purchase behind each figure, so the number is traceable and the counterparty can see what it rests on.

A methods note, sources, search strategy, window, unit conversions, price updates and limitations for each input, written to be audited.

Engagements

Single input

A specific gapOne input or a small set, reconstructed and delivered with its source and a short methods note.

Full set for one model

The most commonThe complete cost-input list for a model, products, resource use and medicines, in your template, with the annex, the methods note and one revision round.

Brazil workstream

A programmeThe Brazil node inside a multi-country model, an annual refresh of a delivered set, or ongoing specialist support, white-labelled where needed.

Fees are fixed and quoted per request, priced by scope. A short intake tells us whether the fit is right before any quote.

Start a request

Tell us which model you are working on

A few lines let us tell you honestly whether we can deliver well within your scope, and what it would take.

or write directly: natalia@corina.health