A review of HTA guidelines on societal and novel value elements.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health technology assessment (HTA) organizations vary in terms of how they conduct assessments. We assess whether and to what extent HTA bodies have adopted societal and novel elements of value in their economic evaluations.

Methods

After categorizing "societal" and "novel" elements of value, we reviewed fifty-three HTA guidelines. We collected data on whether each guideline mentioned each societal or novel element of value, and if so, whether the guideline recommended the element's inclusion in the base case, sensitivity analysis, or qualitative discussion in the HTA.

Results

The HTA guidelines mention on average 5.9 of the twenty-one societal and novel value elements we identified (range 0-16), including 2.3 of the ten societal elements and 3.3 of the ele

SUBMITTER: Breslau RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574534 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature