Health technology assessment in sub-Saharan Africa: a descriptive analysis and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are moving towards universal health coverage. The process of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) can support decisions relating to benefit package design and service coverage. HTA involves institutional cooperation with agreed methods and procedural standards. We systematically reviewed the literature on policies and capacity building to support HTA institutionalisation in SSA.

Methods

We systematically reviewed the literature by searching major databases (PubMed, Embase, etc.) until June 2019 using terms considering three aspects: HTA; health policy, decision making; and SSA. We quantitatively extracted and descriptively analysed content and conducted a narrative synthesis eliciting themes from the selected literature, which v

SUBMITTER: Hollingworth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261797 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature