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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN POLICY AND PRACTICE

Working Group 6 Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2002

Chris Henshall
Affiliation:
Department of Trade and Industry, United Kingdom
Pedro Koch
Affiliation:
Medical Technology Unit Federal Social Insurance Office Switzerland (MTU-SFIOS)
Georg Carl von Below
Affiliation:
Swiss Medical Association (FMH), Switzerland
Albert Boer
Affiliation:
Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ), The Netherlands
José L. Conde-Olasagasti
Affiliation:
Spanish Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AETS), Spain
Andrew Dillon
Affiliation:
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), United Kingdom
Bernhard Gibis
Affiliation:
National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Germany
Roberto Grilli
Affiliation:
Regional Agency for Health Care Bologna, Italy
Charlie Hardy
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Children, Ireland
Lycurgus Liaropoulos
Affiliation:
University of Athens, Center for Health Care Management and Development, Greece
José M. Martín-Moreno
Affiliation:
Spanish Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AETS), Spain
Risto Roine
Affiliation:
Finnish Office for Health Care Technology Assessment (FinOHTA/STAKES), Finland
Tore Scherstén
Affiliation:
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU), Sweden
Odd Søreide
Affiliation:
Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment (SMM), Norway
Maya Züllig
Affiliation:
Medical Technology Unit Federal Social Insurance Office Switzerland (MTU-SFIOS), Switzerland

Extract

According to the HTA-Europe report, health technology assessment (HTA) has the potential to influence health policy in the fields of research and development, regulation of pharmaceuticals, devices, and services, quality assurance, reimbursement, education and training of healthcare providers, and consumer education (1). To identify and bridge the gaps between HTA production and implementation, the goal of Working Group 6 was to approach the use of HTA in policy and practice on the aggregate policy level as well as in the local context, such as in hospitals. Members of Working Group 6 included both users (e.g., members of decision-making bodies) and producers (e.g., members of HTA agencies) of HTA reports. The aim of the working group was to identify three types of information on HTA implementation and impact. These included identifying successful examples of the implementation of HTA results, examples of structures that require HTA information as part of the decision-making process, and finally, identifying groups and persons who use HTA frequently and are willing to share their experiences with other HTA users and producers.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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