Health technology assessment of medical devices: a survey of non-European union agencies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to review and compare current health technology assessment (HTA) activities for medical devices across non-European Union HTA agencies.

Methods

HTA activities for medical devices were evaluated from three perspectives: organizational structure, processes, and methods. Agencies were primarily selected upon membership of existing HTA networks. The data collection was performed in two stages: stage 1-agency Web-site assessment using a standardized questionnaire, followed by review and validation of the collected data by a representative of the agency; and stage 2-semi-structured telephone interviews with key informants of a sub-sample of agencies.

Results

In total, thirty-six HTA agencies across twenty non-EU countries assessing medic

SUBMITTER: Ciani O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4535322 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature