CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGENCIES FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

MUELLER D; GUTIÉRREZ-IBARLUZEA I; SCHULLER T; CHIUMENTE M; AHN J; ANDRES PICHON RIVIERE; GARCÍA-MARTÍ S; GRAINGER D; COBBS E; MARCHETTI M

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE

University of York

Año: 2016

0266-4623

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is one of the tools that supports the policy formulation process. Using multidisciplinary analyses, it examines the health, economic, social and ethical implications of the use of new (and existing) ?technologies,? broadly defined as any interventions to improve health. These analyses inform the development of clinical protocols, the composition of benefit packages and reimbursement mechanisms for health care providers, for example.The clinical and economic assessment of interventions is the particular concern of HTA, given that resources are insufficient to cope with the existing burden of disease. Economic analyses are therefore the core activity of HTA. However, to have policy impact, the findings of these evaluations need to be inserted into government?s priority-setting processes, where they are weighed against numerous other concerns. Participation in certain stages of these processes is also a function of HTA practitioners.