Introduction of hospital-based health technology assessment in China: experiences from seven pilot hospitals

This study aimed to introduce a pilot program for hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) in China and present the participants' experiences based on seven case studies from seven tertiary hospitals. One-year pilot projects were initiated at the beginning of 2018. Seven pilot hospi...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of technology assessment in health care 2024-01, Vol.40 (1), p.e20, Article e20
Hauptverfasser: Lyu, Lanting, Shi, Wenkai, Kidholm, Kristian, Bai, Fei, Lin, Xia, Fu, Jinlan, Li, Tianqing, Li, Guoxun, Luo, Li, Wang, Ting, Yang, Hai
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Zusammenfassung:This study aimed to introduce a pilot program for hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) in China and present the participants' experiences based on seven case studies from seven tertiary hospitals. One-year pilot projects were initiated at the beginning of 2018. Seven pilot hospitals were closely followed from the beginning until the completion of their pilot HTA project. Regular interviews were conducted with the hospital managers leading the HB-HTA projects and key members of the special HTA teams. Observations were made based on field trips and written HTA reports. Three pilot projects evaluated the use of medical consumables, three evaluated the use of surgical or medical interventions, and one evaluated an innovative management model for ventilators. Real-world data were collected from all the pilot projects to assist with the assessments. Most HB-HTA pilot projects achieved remarkable results such as improvements in economic efficiency; however, there were also obvious deficiencies such as the lack of a necessary cost-effectiveness analysis. The results varied among the seven HB-HTA pilot projects. The HB-HTA pilot program was implemented to promote the use of HB-HTA in hospital decision making in China. At the same time, HB-HTA in China faces challenges. We have made some policy recommendations based on the findings of the pilot projects.
ISSN:0266-4623
1471-6348
1471-6348
DOI:10.1017/S0266462323002738