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What is Health Technology Assessment

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare
Type of policy research that explores the safety; efficacy and effectiveness; organizational implications; social and ethical consequences; legal considerations; and health economic aspects of the application of a health technology.
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Health Technology Assessment in Health Economics
Steven Simoens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-356-2.ch005
Abstract
This chapter introduces health technology assessment and health economics as tools for decision makers to allocate scarce resources in the healthcare sector. It argues that information about the safety, efficacy and effectiveness, organizational implications, social and ethical consequences, legal considerations, and health economic aspects of the application of a health technology needs to be taken into account with a view to informing decisions about the registration and reimbursement of a health technology. Also, the author hopes that understanding the methodology and use of health technology assessment and health economics will persuade the reader of the added value of such studies and promote the application of health technologies that support further health improvements, whilst containing health expenditure.
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Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process
Evaluation of the relative assessment of a new medicine, or a treatment, or a medical device, in comparison with the others existing, in order to support decision making about fair pricings and reimbursements.
Published in Chapter: Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process; From: Managing Patients' Organizations to Improve Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities
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Evidence on the Efficacy of Integrated Care
(HTA) is according to the definition of EUnetHTA: ‘A multidisciplinary synthesis of medical, social, economic and ethical aspects of health interventions aiming the formulation of safe, effective health policies that are patient focused and seek best value’.
Published in Chapter: Evidence on the Efficacy of Integrated Care; From: Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare
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