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Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Course Title | Health Technology Assessment (HTA) |
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Course code | HSRM 564 |
Teaching/learning methods | Lectures Discussion Guest lectures Group work (problem solving, presentations) Home assignments |
Assessment methods | Group work Presentation Home assignments Mid-term and final exams (written) |
Credit points | 3 |
Semester (1 / 2) | 2 |
Course objectives/ Learning outcomes:
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a tool that is being increasingly employed to guide coverage decisions in most high- and middle-income countries. HTA and its methodologies allow a critical assessment of health technologies as the basis for making evidence-based decisions, potentially contributing appropriate use of technologies, efficiency and good value for money of investments in the health care industry.
This course will explore the concepts, processes and methods behind Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and their applicability in developing countries. Students will understand the role of HTA in health care systems (particularly in relation to defining benefit baskets for coverage) and familiarise themselves with the methods underpinning HTA report production.
Length of course | Block course for 2 weeks |
Start | 30th March 2020 |
End | 10th April 2020 |
Venue | Combined lecture room (in the SMS building) |
Lecturer(s) | Dimitra Panteli, Anthony K. Edusei, Peter Agyei-Baffour |
Course coordinator | Anthony K. Edusei and Peter Agyei-Baffour |
Content:
- Introduction to the course and to HTA (including group exercise)
- Using HTA to determine benefit baskets (including focus on hospital HTA)
- Guest lecture on the health care industry
- Determining the status of a health technology and principles of prioritization
- Prioritization simulation exercise (lecturers provide technology factsheets)
- Evaluation of clinical elements
- safety and effectiveness (including Pubmed tutorial)
- Study designs: principles and sources of bias for different technology types
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: using and performing them
- Evaluation of economic elements
- basics and types of analysis
- Where to find data for economic analysis
- Methodological choices and practical considerations (including data availability)
- Ethical, social, organizational and legal aspects: Introduction and class exercise
- Using existing HTA reports: quality and transferability
- Group assignment: applying knowledge gained to individual technologies, i.e. preparing "mini-HTA" (+presentation)
Exams
Mid-term (40%): homework, group presentation, written exam
Final (60%): written exam covering theory taught during the week and transfer questions with applicability to the Ghanaian context.
Grading system
Fail = below 50% | Grade C = 50% – 59% | Grade B = 60% – 69% | Grade A = 70% and above |
Lecture/topics/subjects/academic catalogue:
Date | Subject (Time) |
| Registration, etc. |
31.03.2020 | Introduction to the course and to HTA (including group exercise) Using HTA to determine benefit baskets (including focus on hospital HTA) Guest lecture on the health care industry |
01.04.2020 | Determining the status of a health technology and principles of prioritization Prioritization simulation exercise (lecturers provide technology factsheets) |
02.04.2020 | Evaluation of clinical elements: safety and effectiveness (including Pubmed tutorial) Study designs: principles and sources of bias for different technology types Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: using and performing them |
03.04.2020 | Evaluation of economic elements: basics and types of analysis Where to find data for economic analysis Methodological choices and practical considerations (including data availability) |
06.04.2020 | Discussion of homework |
07.04.2020 | Ethical, social, organizational and legal aspects: Introduction and class exercise Using existing HTA reports: quality and transferability Introduction to main group work |
08.04.2020 | Group work in technology groups Discussion of the group work and questions to lecturers |
09.04.2020 | Groups finalize group work Group presentations Finish group presentations and revision |
10.04.2020 | Mid-term exam Wrap up discussion and end |
2nd Semester – Week 1 | |||||
2W1 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
08:00 - 10:00 | | Introduction to the course and to HTA (including group exercise) | | Evaluation of clinical elements: safety and effectiveness (including Pubmed tutorial) | Evaluation of economic elements: basics and types of analysis |
10:30 - 12:30 | | | Determining the status of a health technology and principles of prioritization | Study designs: principles and sources of bias for different technology types | Where to find data for economic analysis |
13:00 - 15:00 | | Using HTA to determine benefit baskets (including focus on hospital HTA) | | Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: using and performing them | Methodological choices and practical considerations (including data availability) |
15:30 - 17:30 | | Guest lecture on the health care industry | Prioritization simulation exercise (lecturers provide technology factsheets) | | |
2nd Semester – Week 2 | |||||
2W2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
08:00 - 10:00 | | Ethical, social, organizational and legal aspects: Introduction and class exercise | | Groups finalize group work | |
10:30 - 12:30 | | | Group work in technology groups | Group presentations | Mid-term exam |
13:00 - 15:00 | | Using existing HTA reports: quality and transferability | | Finish group presentations and revision | Wrap up discussion and end |
15:30 - 17:30 | Discussion of homework | Introduction to main group work | Discussion of the group work and questions to lecturers | |
Literature (required/additional readings)
- Busse R, Orvain J, Velasco M, Perleth M, Drummond M, Gürtner F, Jørgensen T, Jovell A, Malone J, Rüther A, Wild C (2002). Best practice in undertaking and reporting HTA. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 18(2): 361-422
- Velasco Garrido M, Børlum Kristensen F, Palmhøj Nielsen C, Busse R (2008). Health technology assessment and health policy-making in Europe – Current status, challenges and potential. WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Drummond MF, Schwartz JS, Jönsson B, Luce BR, Neumann PJ, Siebert U, Sullivan SD (2008). Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 24(3):244-58.
- WHO (2015). 2015 Global Survey on Health Technology Assessment by National Authorities. Main findings. Geneva, World Health Organization.
- EUnetHTA (2018). HTA Core Model®. Available from: https://www.eunethta.eu/hta-core-model/
Additional readings will be provided during the course