Priority setting in the real world: HITAP publications – January 2016

Feb. 3, 2016

HITAP, one of the iDSI founding partner organisations, has produced a number of recent publications around the theme of priority setting and HTA in the real world context. These include a BMJ editorial and brief histories of HITAP and NICE (the two leading HTA institutions in Thailand and the UK), describing their origins and exploring the impact of these organisations since their formation. See below for links.

Role of Priority Setting in Implementing Universal Health Coverage – BMJ Editorial (Teerawattananon et al. 2016)

Priority Setting for UHC

Conducive Factors to the Development of HTA in Asia – Policy Brief and Working Paper

A Terrible Beauty – A History of NICE

A Star in the East – A History of HITAP

HTAsiaLink Newsletter vol. 8

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