Health technology assessment of medical devices: current landscape, challenges, and a way forward.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has been widely recognized as informing healthcare decision-making, and interest in HTA of medical devices has been steadily increasing. How does the assessment of medical devices differ from that of drug therapies, and what innovations can be adopted to overcome the inherent challenges in medical device HTA?

Method

HTA Accelerator Database was used to describe the landscape of HTA reports for medical devices from HTA bodies, and a literature search was conducted to understand the growth trend of relevant HTA publications in four case studies. Another literature review was conducted for a narrative synthesis of the characteristic differences and challenges of HTA in medical devices. We further conducted a focused Internet search

SUBMITTER: Ming J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature