Dos and Do nots in Health Technology Assessments 2015

Dos and Do nots in Health Technology Assessments 2015 is a course that provides knowledge on what HTA (Health Technology Assessment)means, the different types of HTAs across EU and what can be expected from it.

Topics

• Thresholds Used by HTA Bodies in ICER-based Decision Making
  • The variety of thresholds used across HTA bodies and how they influence decision making
  • Recap of basic health economic principles (e.g. QALY, ICER...)
• What is HTA - What it is Not
  • Different types of HTA and the wide variety across countries
  • Definitions
  • 15 Key Principles
• Issues & Solutions for Optimising the Quality of the Evidence
  • Reconciling the need for RRR vs. ARR data
  • `EMA` trials versus `HTA` trials
  • Compliance and Persistence are not synonyms!
  • When to do ITT vs. when Per Protocol
  • Dealing with indirect effects
  • Extrapolating short term clinical data and surrogate endpoints
• Selecting from the Wide Range of Criteria
  • Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to determine weights and influence decision making
  • Exploring the assessment criteria in HTA and their relative weight
  • Trading off between criteria
• Effectively Working with HTA Processes Across the EU
  • The benefits and risks of international cooperation
  • The optimal HTA process: does it exist? - Learn from differences between countries
  • `Adaptive` HTA and contracts based on outcomes guarantees