Institutionalizing health technology assessment in Egypt: Situational analysis and roadmap.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To conduct a situational analysis with the aim to inform future health technology assessment efforts (HTA) in Egypt. Introduction: The Egyptian government has set universal health coverage as a 2030 target. Several agencies have been created in the context of the ongoing healthcare reform. The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply and the Management of Medical Technology (UPA) is one of them and was established to support strategic procurement using HTA. Methods: Description of the development of HTA in Egypt supported by a literature search as part of a scoping exercise, and a stakeholder analysis and identification of HTA capacity survey, based on previous surveys, with relevant stakeholders conducted in 2022. This was followed by a st

SUBMITTER: Pinilla-Dominguez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9682258 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature