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<p>Health technology assessment (HTA) has become the systematic evaluation of health technology’s properties and effects that inform decision-makers. The implementation and expansion of HTA can contribute to slowing down burgeoning healthcare costs. In the Czech Republic, elements of HTA are quite standardly used in pharmacoeconomics, but questions arise on the use of HTA of medical devices. The theoretical framework developed is followed by a case study of the Czech Republic to assess whether the use of HTA of medical devices in the Czech Republic is implemented. This study uses publicly available resources, mainly public health acts and public notices related to HTA. We examined the institutionalisation of HTA for medical devices (HTA applied only at a selected area of medical devices) in the Czech Republic and compared Czech’s HTA principles of medical devices to the HTA Core Model. It was found that the HTA process used for medical devices is very limited in the Czech Republic. Our data show that HTA was officially established, but in reality, the medical devices have not been assessed following HTA principles.</p>
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Health technology assessment (HTA) has become the systematic evaluation of health technology’s properties and effects that inform decision-makers. The implementation and expansion of HTA can contribute to slowing down burgeoning healthcare costs. In the Czech Republic, elements of HTA are quite standardly used in pharmacoeconomics, but questions arise on the use of HTA of medical devices. The theoretical framework developed is followed by a case study of the Czech Republic to assess whether the use of HTA of medical devices in the Czech Republic is implemented. This study uses publicly available resources, mainly public health acts and public notices related to HTA. We examined the institutionalisation of HTA for medical devices (HTA applied only at a selected area of medical devices) in the Czech Republic and compared Czech’s HTA principles of medical devices to the HTA Core Model. It was found that the HTA process used for medical devices is very limited in the Czech Republic. Our data show that HTA was officially established, but in reality, the medical devices have not been assessed following HTA principles.

Health Technology Assessment of the Medical Devices: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Health technology assessment (HTA) has become the systematic evaluation of health technology’s properties and effects that inform decision-makers. The...

Health Technology Assessment of the Medical Devices: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Published Online: Dec 02, 2021

Page range: 253 - 272

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2021-0022

Keywords
health technology assessment, healthcare costs, medical devices

© 2021 Jana Rozmarinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Health Technology Assessment of the Medical Devices: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Published Online: Dec 02, 2021

Page range: 253 - 272

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2021-0022

Keywordshealth technology assessment, healthcare costs, medical devices

© 2021 Jana Rozmarinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
health technology assessment, healthcare costs, medical devices