Impact assessment of Iran's health technology assessment programme

Health Research Policy and Systems
Bahareh YazdizadehAshraf Velayati

Abstract

Following approximately 10 years from the beginning of Iran's national Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme, the present study aims to evaluate its success by examining the impact of HTA and identifying the determinant factors leading to the implementation of HTA report results. The triangulation method was employed herein. HTA reports were initially identified and their impact and determinant factors were then examined from the perspectives of both researchers (by preparing a questionnaire according to the Payback model and sending it to HTA principle investigators) and stakeholders (semi-structured interviews held with each HTA stakeholder). Simultaneously, the quality of the HTA reports was examined with relevant critical appraisal checklists. The impact of 19 equipment technologies and four pharmaceutical technologies were assessed in this study. Twenty researchers replied (response rate, 86.96%) to the questionnaire on the impact of HTA reports from the researcher's perspective. To assess the impact of HTA reports from the stakeholder's perspective, seven policy-makers were chosen and interviewed as the main target audience. The most common step taken to disseminate the results of the HTA projects was publication. ...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2018·Health Research Policy and Systems·Bahareh YazdizadehAshraf Velayati
Apr 13, 2021·International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care·Abeer A Al-Rabayah, Saad M Jaddoua

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