DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR HOSPITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Objective : To develop and test a decision-support tool for prioritizing new competing Health Technologies (HTs) after their assessment using the mini-HTA approach. Methods: A two layer value/risk tool was developed based on the mini-HTA. The first layer included 12 mini-HTA variables classified in two dimensions, namely value (safety, clinical benefit, patient impact, cost-effectiveness, quality of the evidence, innovativeness) and risk (staff,...