The Groundwork project, led my Meteos, has taken place over the past 12 months with the aim of discussing and working through some of the challenges (technical and political) of setting up and running processes for evidence-informed decision-making in health systems within low- and middle-income countries. The group has met twice bringing together participants including; senior individuals and advisors from Colombia, …
HTA Development in Vietnam
Health Benefits package in Vietnam April 2015 NICE International coordinated two events in Hanoi on health benefits package design in partnership with the Health Strategy and Policy Institute and the Vietnamese Health Economics Association. A health benefits package is the range of technologies and services that are available at a free or subsidised rate to the insured population, and the …
Development of the Reference Case (2014)
The Gates Reference Case is launched at the Houses of Parliament June 2014 NICE International launched the Gates Reference Case, a principle-based standardised methodology for good practice in the planning, conduct and reporting of economic evaluation for informing priority setting in health. Senior academics, donors and policy makers attended the launch at the Houses of parliament, which was hosted by …
Strengthening HTA agencies in Asia: Learning and sharing experiences for the APO Policy Brief Meeting
By Alia Luz, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) With the introduction of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asian countries, priority-setting and HTA has become increasingly important. However, only in the past decade has HTA been used to inform countries’ health programs and policies. As such, HTA agencies are relatively new in Asia. In 2007, the Health Intervention and …
Combating the global increase of chronic diseases with effective policies: International Forum on Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) as a Priority Health Topic in Asia
By: Alia Luz, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) In 2007, there were an estimated 58 million deaths worldwide and, according to the WHO, more than half (35 million) were caused by chronic diseases. Another study estimates that deaths caused by chronic diseases will rise to 50 million in 2020. The economic burden of these diseases is enormous. By …
Work in India at Central level
December 2014 The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is the Government of India health insurance scheme for families below the poverty line (BPL), with over 37 million families currently enrolled. RSBY covers a range of inpatient services and surgical procedures, provided by a network of private and public hospitals and reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis with defined benefits packages (bundle …
Work in the Philippines 2012 – 2014
Following the award of a 2-year grant by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2012, a scoping visit to the Philippines involving HITAP and NICE International took place in December 2012 to explore possible areas of support. The visit identified a number of specific activities relating to vaccine evaluation techniques, Z-package optimisation and the processes and methods used by the Formulary Executive Committee …
Priority-setting and HTA workshop, Delhi, October 2014
To raise awareness of the principles of active priority-setting, NICE International organised a high-level workshop in New Delhi, co-hosted with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), India, with funding from the DFID Health Partnership Scheme. Over 100 stakeholders from India’s health sector attended the workshop, “Better Decisions for Better Health: Priority Setting & Health …
An American pre-medical student explores Universal Health Coverage…
This is a guest post by Moriah Pollock-Hawthorne, Haverford University. I was an intern at NICE International and an American university student with aspirations to become a doctor. In an effort to learn about universal health coverage and experience a single-payer healthcare system in action, I came to England; I shadowed doctors in NHS clinics, sat in on technology appraisal meetings …
Why do (and should) we do economic evaluation?
Every healthcare system in the world has to set priorities and make choices. Economic evaluation, in the context of health technology assessment, provides the decision makers with a framework for assessing the costs and benefits of various competing options, to inform fair and efficient use of limited healthcare resources. Prof Tony Culyer explains in this presentation: Why do we do economic …