Health technology assessment (HTA) uses a multidisciplinary approach to answer relevant questions regarding the safety, efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health technologies. There is growing interest in implementing HTA methods at the hospital level because it could facilitate decision-making regarding acquisition, implementation or discontinuation of technologies or interventi...

As more countries use HTA to inform decisions on the reimbursement of health technologies, harmonization of evidence requirements between jurisdictions has been proposed, mainly on the grounds of improved efficiency. Harmonization has the potential to avoid duplication of effort for both manufacturers and HTA bodies involved in preparing and reviewing HTA submissions for innovative technologies...

Embedding health technology assessment (HTA) in a fair process has great potential to capture societal values relevant to public reimbursement decisions on health technologies. However, the development of such processes for priority setting has largely been theoretical. In this paper, we provide further practical lead ways on how these processes can be implemented. We first present the misconce...

Few recent issues in drug development and health systems management have generated more commentary, and more controversy, than health technology assessment (HTA). The keen interest in HTA stems from the high stakes involved. For regardless of differences in definition and application, it is clear that HTA brings together public and private interests in a process in which there are potentially w...

Introduction and objectives: Due to limited resources, health systems are increasingly looking to health technology assessment (HTA) as a tool to guide health policy decisions. There are a range of models used in HTAs across the European countries including the “relative effectiveness” followed by Germany and France, and the “cost/quality adjusted life year (QALY)” used in the UK. Pharmaceutica...

BACKGROUND In the field of health technology assessment (HTA), there are several approaches that can be used for ethical analysis. However, there is a scarcity of literature that critically evaluates and compares the strength and weaknesses of these approaches when they are applied in practice. In this paper, we analyse the applicability of some selected approaches for addressing ethical issues...

BACKGROUND The way in which a health technology is used in any particular health system depends on the decisions and actions of a variety of stakeholders, the local culture, and context. In 2009, the HTAi Policy Forum considered how health technology assessment (HTA) could be improved to optimize the use of technologies (in terms of uptake, change in use, or disinvestment) in such complex syste...

PHP187 THe FuTure oF educaTion in HTa and HealTH economics Carroll C., Beecroft C., Miller L. The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Objectives: An increasing range of online education is available to those working in the field of pharmaco-economics and Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The aim of this study was to explore the market for free online education in HTA and to assess the prac...

In response to the increasing demand for expansion of health technology assessment (HTA) methodology to include ethical issues more systematically, this document reports on a multi-stage study that aimed at construction of a new practical framework for integration of ethical issues in HTA. The document is divided into three major parts. The first part provides the results of a systematic review...

OBJECTIVES As an initiative of the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA), a checklist for assessment reports was developed as a means of improving transparency and consistency in HTA. METHODS Preparation of a summary of key elements in HTA reports, drawing on experience in preparation of such documents, information from guidelines for HTA, and individual ...