Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that uses explicit methods to determine a health technology’s value for healthcare decision-making. Attitudes towards HTA vary globally, with some countries using a variety of methods and analyses and others hardly any.
Uses of Models in Economic Evaluations of Medicines and Other Health Technologies
1 October 1996
The use of models in economic studies evaluating medicines and other health technologies has become a controversial issue. This is because study results now matter –…
Handling Uncertainty in the Results of Economic Evaluation
1 September 1995
The recent increase in the number of published economic evaluations has been considerable [Wellcome, 1992; Udvarhelyi et al, 1992]. It is of some concern, however that…
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Medicines – a Guide for Industry
1 January 1989
The objectives of this booklet are twofold. First, to describe in simple terms the state of the art in undertaking economic studies to demonstrate the benefits…