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CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGENCIES FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2016

Debjani Mueller ,
Iñaki Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea ,
Tara Schuller ,
Marco Chiumente Open the ORCID record for Marco Chiumente [Opens in a new window] ,
Jeonghoon Ahn ,
Andres Pichon-Riviere ,
Sebastian García-Martí ,
David Grainger ,
Elizabeth Cobbs  and
Marco Marchetti
Debjani Mueller
Affiliation:
[email protected]
Iñaki Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea
Affiliation:
OSTEBA
Tara Schuller
Affiliation:
IHE
Marco Chiumente
Affiliation:
SiFaCT - Italian Society of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Jeonghoon Ahn
Affiliation:
National Evidence Based Healthcare Collaborating Agency
Andres Pichon-Riviere
Affiliation:
ICES
Sebastian García-Martí
Affiliation:
ICES
David Grainger
Affiliation:
Lilly
Elizabeth Cobbs
Affiliation:
Merck
Marco Marchetti
Affiliation:
HTA Unit, University Hospital “A. Gemelli”
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Abstract

Objectives: Health technology assessment (HTA) yields information that can be ideally used to address deficiencies in health systems and to create a wider understanding of the impact of different policy considerations around technology reimbursement and use. The structure of HTA programs varies across different jurisdictions according to decision-maker needs. Moreover, conducting HTA requires specialized skills. Effective decision making should include multiple criteria (medical, economic, technical, ethical, social, legal, and cultural) and requires multi-disciplinary teams of experts working together to produce these assessments. A workshop explored the multi-disciplinary skills and competencies required to build an effective and efficient HTA team, with a focus on low- and middle-income settings.

Methods: This proceeding summarizes main points from a workshop on capacity building, drawing on presentations and group discussions among attendees including different points of view.

Results and Conclusions: The workshop and thus this study would have benefited from a larger variety of stakeholders. Therefore, the conclusions arising from the workshop are not the opinion of a representative sample of HTA professionals. Nonetheless, organizations and speakers were carefully selected to provide a valuable approach to this theme. Thus, these proceedings highlight some of the gaps and needs in the education and training programs offered worldwide and calls for further investigation.

Keywords

Healthcare technologyTechnology assessmentBiomedicalCapacity buildingHealth policyKnowledge management
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Policies
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , 2016 , pp. 292 - 299
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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