Avoiding health technology assessment: a global survey of reasons for not using health technology assessment in decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the documented benefits of using health technology assessments (HTA) to inform resource allocation in health care systems, HTA remains underused, especially in low- and middle-income countries. A survey of global health practitioners was conducted to reveal the top reasons ("excuses") that they had heard from colleagues, policymakers or other stakeholders for not using HTA in their settings.

Methods

There were 193 respondents to the survey. Most responses were from individuals in research organisations (37%), ministries of health (27%) and other government agencies (14%). Participants came from Southeast Asia (40%), the Western Pacific (30%), Africa (15%), Europe (7%), the Americas (7%) and the Eastern Mediterranean region (2%).

Results

The top fi

SUBMITTER: Teerawattananon Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature