International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes – Learning by Doing; Comment on “Use of Evidence-informed Deliberative Processes by Health Technology Assessment Agencies Around the Globe”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Anthony J. Culyer
Centre for Health Economics and Department of Economics & Related Studies, University of York, York, UK
10.15171/ijhpm.2019.116
Abstract
The article by Oortwijn, Jansen, and Baltussen (OJB) is much more important than it appears because, in the absence of any good general theory of “evidence-informed deliberative processes” (EDP) and limited evidence of how they might be shaped and work in institutionalising health technology assessment (HTA), the best approach seems to be to accumulate the experience of a variety of countries, preferably systematically, from which some general principles might subsequently be inferred. This comment reinforces their arguments and provides a further example.
Keywords
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes
DecisionMaking
Cost-Effectiveness
Deliberation
Subjects
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 6
June 2020
Pages 263-265

  • Received Date 09 October 2019
  • Revised Date 09 November 2019
  • Accepted Date 09 November 2019
  • First Published Date 01 June 2020
  • Published Date 01 June 2020