Health technology assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that systematically and transparently evaluates medical, social, economic and ethical issues related to health technologies to inform health policy. HTA aims to determine if a new technology provides added value compared to current standards of care and which patients would benefit most, using international evidence about the technology and local healthcare contexts. The main purpose of HTA is to advise health policymakers on reimbursement and use of technologies. The European network for HTA developed a core model to standardize HTA that assesses nine domains including health problems, safety, clinical effectiveness, costs, ethics, and organizational and social impacts.

1. Health Technology Assessment
(www.eunethta.net)
HTA is a multidisciplinary process that summarises
information about the
medical, social, economic and ethical issues
related to use of a health technology* in a
systematic, transparent, unbiased, robust manner
It aims to inform policy at national, regional or
hospital level
*any health intervention: screening , vaccines, diagnostics,
medicines, devices, education, rehabilitation…. 1

2. HTA decisions
• The main purpose of HTA is to inform health
care policy makers about reimbursement/use of
health technologies
 Is it providing added value (for money) compared to
what we have currently available?
 Which patients will benefit most from it?
• Assessments use international scientific
evidence about the new technology and the
current standard of care in the local setting to
predict the added value of the new technology in
the local healthcare context
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3. European network for HTA (EUnetHTA)
HTA Core Model
1. Health problem
2. Technical description of technology
3. Safety
4. Clinical Effectiveness
5. Costs and economic evaluation
6. Ethical analysis
7. Organisational aspects
8. Social aspects
9. Legal aspects 3