Research Questions: What is the clinical effectiveness and safety of the Perceval S sutureless valve for patients requiring aortic valve replacement? What is the cost-effectiveness of the Perceval S sutureless valve for patients requiring aortic valve replacement? Key...
Devices for Endometrial Ablation Therapy in the Outpatient Setting: Clinical- and Cost-Effectiveness
RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What is the clinical-effectiveness of devices for endometrial ablation therapy used in the outpatient setting? What is the cost-effectiveness of devices for endometrial ablation therapy used in the outpatient setting? SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: There...
Transoral Robotic Surgery: A Review of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness
RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What is the clinical effectiveness of TORS for patients with early stage oral or oropharyngeal cancer? 2. What is the clinical effectiveness of TORS for patients with OSA? 3. What is the cost-effectiveness of TORS for patients...
Briefing on Health Technology Assessment in the European Union
The need for a briefing document on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) arose during the course of 2016 when the European Commission launched the initiative “Strengthening EU cooperation on Health Technology Assessment”1. The initiative included a public consultation,...
Static Automated External Defibrillators for Opportunistic Use by Bystanders
Aims and Scope The first research question submitted to KCE concerned the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the provision of publicly accessible automated external defibrillators (AED) intended for opportunistic use by bystanders who witness a cardiac...
Health Technology Assessment in Serbia
Objectives: This study provides an overview of the Republic of Serbia healthcare system and describes the process of developing and conducting health technology assessment (HTA). Methods: The authors performed pragmatic, nonsystematic literature review based on...
Health Technology Implementation Roadmap in Central and Eastern European Countries
The opportunity cost of inappropriate health policy decisions is greater in Central and Eastern European (CEE) compared with Western European (WE) countries because of poorer population health and more limited healthcare resources. Application of health technology...
Harmonization of HTA-based reimbursement and regulatory activities
ABSTRACT Background Regulatory approval and reimbursement are necessary to bring health technologies to market. As both are distinct processes, the lack of interaction between regulators and payers has been criticized for resulting in health system...
Methods of international health technology assessment agencies for economic evaluations- a comparative analysis
Abstract Background: The number of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies increases. One component of HTAs are economic aspects. To incorporate economic aspects commonly economic evaluations are performed. A convergence of recommendations for methods of...
Introducing new technology safely
Abstract Aim This report considers the introduction of new technology and the implications for patient safety. Methods and discussion A distinction is made between ‘conceptually’ new and ‘contextually’ new technology. The life cycle of technology from development to...
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