Developing a tool to assess the skills to perform a health technology assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health technology assessment (HTA) brings together evidence from various disciplines while using explicit methods to assess the value of health technologies. In resource-constrained settings, there is a growing demand to measure and develop specialist skills, including those for HTA, to aid the implementation of Universal Healthcare Coverage. The purpose of this study was twofold: a) to find validated tools for the assessment of the technical capacity to conduct a HTA, and if none were found, to develop a tool, and b) to describe experiences of its pilot.

Methods

First, a mapping review identified tools to assess the skills to conduct a HTA. A medical librarian conducted a comprehensive search in four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, ERIC). Then, incorp

SUBMITTER: Bidonde J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939100 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature