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To identify the specific types of complex health technologies and the methodological, organizational, and policy challenges faced during health technology assessment (HTA).

December 23, 2021Value in HealthOpen Access

Reported Challenges in Health Technology Assessment of Complex Health Technologies

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To identify the specific types of complex health technologies and the methodological, organizational, and policy challenges faced during health technology assessment (HTA).
Administered a validated, pilot-tested survey featuring open-ended questions, predefined complex technologies, and 7 case studies to European HTA organizations participating in EUnetHTA.
A total of 22 HTA organizations completed the survey (67% response rate), identifying advanced therapeutic medicinal products (ATMPs) and histology-independent therapies as the most challenging technologies.
Over half of the identified case-study hurdles were methodological, with 90% of organizations (18 of 20) reporting that challenges stemmed from data that were absent, insufficient, immature, or of low quality, particularly regarding quality of life.
Policy and organizational challenges were reported by 40% of organizations (n = 8) and societal or political pressures by 20% (n = 4), while modeling issues were cited least frequently (n = 2, 4%).

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Survey study finds data unavailability drives primary evaluation barriers among European assessment agencies, highlighting the need for updated health technology assessment policies.

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Hogervorst et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb41f704b28adc84c79a5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.11.1356

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Survey study finds data unavailability drives primary evaluation barriers among European assessment agencies, highlighting the need for updated health technology assessment policies.

Reported Challenges in Health Technology Assessment of Complex Health Technologies

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Reported Challenges in Health Technology Assessment of Complex Health Technologies

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