PD03 Uptake Of Health Technology Assessment In Hospitals: A Scoping Review

Abstract

Introduction

The use of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in hospitals contributes to decision-making, professional training, greater interaction with technical to scientific knowledge, resource-saving, and partnerships. Hospitals are strategic for the field of clinical management and quality of care and are open to partnerships with national and international agencies and groups. Despite the hospital-based (HB)-HTA movement, the incipient application of HTA to the hospital decision-making process is related to incipient planning, and there is still much room for progress worldwide. The aim of this study was to analyze the uptake level of HB-HTA in diverse contexts.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted according to the methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute, whose data analysis model consisted of the combination of Donabedian’s structure, process, and outcome categories and the dimensions of the project Adopting Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment in European Union (AdHopHTA).

Results

We identified 270 studies, and after removing duplicates and reading full texts, 36 references met the eligibility criteria. Thirty-six hospitals were identified, of which there were 24 largescale hospitals with extra bed capacity. Twenty-three hospitals were affiliated with universities. Canada stood out with five university hospitals, four of which with public funding. Half of the identified hospitals had HB-HTA units (18/36). Hospitals with full uptake level of HTA corresponded to 75 percent of the sample (27/36), and the remainder had partially uptake level of HTA, or 25 percent of the hospitals in the review (9/36). There were no hospitals with incipient uptake level of HTA.

Conclusions

Measuring the uptake level of HTA in hospitals contributed to understanding how their participation has occurred in the field of HB-HTA. This study revealed the importance of identifying factors such as sustainability, growth, and evolution of HB-HTA in countries with and without a tradition in this field.