Comparison of health technology assessments for digital therapeutics in Germany, the United Kingdom and France by Emanuele Arcà, Dorothea Heldt, Martina Smith

“…We analysed and compared health technology assessment (HTA) criteria for DTx across European countries that had assessed the same DTx products. …”
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The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment. by Joseph Kazibwe, Mohamed Gad, Emmanuella Abassah-Konadu, Ivy Amankwah, Richmond Owusu, Godwin Gulbi, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Brian Asare, Anna Vassall, Francis Ruiz

“…There is an urgent need for effective and efficient interventions to prevent the anticipated elevation in burden of disease through the utilisation of existing evidence and proven priority-setting tools like Health Technology Assessment (HTA).…”
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Early health technology assessment of tongue swab for non-sputum based pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in ThailandResearch in context by Langming Mou, Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Apiwat Piriyapol, Puwadol Chawengkul, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Puttarin Kulchaitanaroaj, Yot Teerawattananon, Yi Wang

Subjects: “…Early health technology assessment…”
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Medicine and the Law by S Abdool Karim

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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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Assessing the development of health technology assessment in Iran: a policy analysis using Kingdon’s Multiple streams framework: a qualitative study by Meysam Behzadifar, Saeed Shahabi, Ahad Bakhtiari, Samad Azari, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Mohammad Yarahmadi, Masoud Behzadifar

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Clinical study and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a Robot-Assisted Gait Training on children with neurological disorders: A quasi-experimental study by Simone GAZZELLINI, Martina ANDELLINI, Federica DE FALCO, Daniela CASASANTA, Giampietro CORDONE, Alessandra COLAZZA, Donatella LETTORI, Massimiliano RAPONI, Enrico CASTELLI, Maria Rosaria VINCI, Reparata Rosa DI PRINZIO, Maurizio PETRARCA, Matteo RITROVATO, Salvatore ZAFFINA

“…The clinical investigation was integrated with a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) study, to investigate the introduction and impact of RAGT compared to patient-centered rehabilitation techniques and identify the most relevant criteria to assess the use of robotic rehabilitation technologies. …”
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The value-for-money assessment and funding arrangements for high-priced drugs in an era of uncertainty: a comparative analysis of national health technology assessment agencies in South Korea, England, Australia, and Canada by Jihyung Hong, Eun-Young Bae, Sohee Cha, Joohyun Lee

“…Data, including funding arrangements and evidence assessed, were derived from national health technology assessment (HTA) documents and other public domains in the four countries. …”
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A proposed conceptual model for orphan drug market entry by Nataša Jalen, Tina Vukasović

Subjects: “…marketing model, marketing strategy, rare disease, health technology assessment, orphan drug, grounded theory…”
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Challenges and ongoing initiatives towards better integrated EU scientific advice by Iordanis Gravanis, Michael Berntgen, Spiros Vamvakas, Pierre Demolis, Paolo Foggi

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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of covering Burkitt lymphoma in children under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme by Richmond Owusu, Dakota Pritchard, Lieke Fleur Heupink, Godwin Gulbi, Brian Asare, Ivy Amankwah, Joycelyn Azeez, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Lydia Dsane-Selby, Ruby Aileen Mensah, William Omane-Adjekum, Francis Ruiz, Mohamed Gad, Justice Nonvignon, Lumbwe Chola, Ghana Health Technology Assessment Technical Working Group

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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

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A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy by Robert Hodgson, Matthew Walton, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Ruth Walker, Alexis Llewellyn, Sofia Dias, Lesley Stewart, David Steel, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, Mark Simmonds

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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

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Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial by David Coyle, Paula Ormandy, Nancy Fernandes da Silva, Simon Davies

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Group visit: Blatant Violation of Patient Rights and a Stigma Attached to Health System Responsiveness by Javad GhoddoosiNejad, Morteza Arab-Zozani

“…Health Technology Assessment in Action…”
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Assessment of Readiness Components for Attracting Medical Tourists in the Hospital Industry: A Survey Study in Western Iran by Zahra Shoara, Jamil Sadeghifar, Khalil Momeni, Mohammad Bazyar, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq, Maryam Heydari

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Efficient Feature Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning for Improved Speech Signal-Based Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis via Machine Learning Techniques by Deepak Painuli, Suyash Bhardwaj, Utku Kose

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Self-Care Interventions as a Health Technology for Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Iran by Zahra Yousefi Malekroodi, Seyed Ali Majidi, Amirmohammad Taalipasand

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The Effectiveness of Motivational Psychotherapy on Social-Emotional Competencies of Students with Type 1 Diabetes by Hossein Sahebdel, Hossein Kareshki, Hossein Mehrabi

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