Exploring the linkage between health technology assessment and decision making during COVID-19 public health emergency in a developing country: analysis of processes and results.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The decision-making (DM) process in public administration is the subject of research from different perspectives and disciplines. Evidence-based policies, such as health technology assessment (HTA), are not the only support on which public policies are designed. During the COVID-19 pandemic WHO, national and subnational institutions developed HTA reports to guide DM. Despite this, inadequate variability was observed in the health technologies recommended and reimbursed by different provincial Health Ministries in a federally organized developing country like Argentina. The processes and results of DM on health technologies for COVID-19 in Health Ministries of Argentina were inquired.

Methods

A retrospective research design was developed, with triangulation of quan

SUBMITTER: Hasdeu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563179 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature