Toward including environmental sustainability in Health Technology Assessment.

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Introduction

The life cycle of health technologies contribute to air pollution, ecotoxicity, and resource depletion, impacting the environment and human health. Increasing healthcare resource use globally increases emissions that accelerate climate change and negatively affect the health of current and future generations.Health Technology Assessment (HTA) should inform decision makers to prioritize the adoption of technologies demonstrating value in terms of health benefits, costs, and other relevant dimensions such as environmental sustainability.This paper reports on a multistakeholder approach to guiding an international working group for Environmental Sustainability in Health Technology Assessment (ESHTA) that has been formed by Health Technology Assessment international.

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SUBMITTER: Holtorf AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516604 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature