Factors influencing coverage decisions on medical devices: A retrospective analysis of 78 medical device appraisals for the Austrian hospital benefit catalogue 2008-2015.

⿢We examined how various factors impact medical device coverage decisions in Austria.⿢Several variables describing device characteristics and the evidence base were analysed.⿢Evidence quality was a positive predictor for risk class II devices only.⿢High risk device characteristics were positive predictors in the absence of RCTs.⿢Coverage possibly more likely for high risk devices combined with low evidence.