Returns on HTA Funded Research
2015
This report from the RAND Corporation dissects the impact of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) program in making quality research accessible and cost-effective. The authors conduct an economic analysis to illustrate benefits of new interventions in two ways: through improved health, measured in QALYs, and through showing that the intervention allows for the same health outcome and a lower cost.
The report utilizes economic analyses and case studies to make recommendations. These recommendations include considering all implementation costs, acknowledging the guideline revision timeline, supporting research studies that other programs are less likely to support, identifying unproven practices and new interventions, requiring systematic reviews, growing meta-data foundations, and ensuring high quality and consistency during economic analyses.
Returns on HTA Funded Research
Source:
Guthrie S, Hafner M, Bienkowska-Gibbs T et al. Returns on Research Funded Under the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. RAND Corporation 2015. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR666.html