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CAN WE RELIABLY BENCHMARK HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT ORGANIZATIONS?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2012

Michael Drummond ,
Peter Neumann ,
Bengt Jönsson ,
Bryan Luce ,
J. Sanford Schwartz ,
Uwe Siebert  and
Sean D. Sullivan
Michael Drummond
Affiliation:
University of York email: mike.drummond@york.ac.uk
Peter Neumann
Affiliation:
Tufts Medical Center
Bengt Jönsson
Affiliation:
Stockholm School of Economics
Bryan Luce
Affiliation:
United BioSource Corporation
J. Sanford Schwartz
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Uwe Siebert
Affiliation:
University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology
Sean D. Sullivan
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Abstract

Objectives: In recent years, there has been growth in the use of health technology assessment (HTA) for making decisions about the reimbursement, coverage, or guidance on the use of health technologies. Given this greater emphasis on the use of HTA, it is important to develop standards of good practice and to benchmark the various HTA organizations against these standards.

Methods: This study discusses the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with benchmarking HTA organizations and proposes a series of audit questions based on a previously published set of principles of good practice.

Results and Conclusions: It is concluded that a benchmarking exercise would be feasible and useful, although the question of who should do the benchmarking requires further discussion. Key issues for further research are the alternative methods for weighting the various principles and for generating an overall score, or summary statement of adherence to the principles. Any weighting system, if developed, would need to be explored in different jurisdictions to assess the extent to which the relative importance of the principles is perceived to vary. Finally, the development and precise wording of the audit questions requires further study, with a view to making the questions as unambiguous as possible, and the reproducibility of the assessments as high as possible.

Keywords

Cost-effectivenessHealth policyAudit
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 159 - 165
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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