15 July 2021 - As health technology assessment seeks to combine complex sets of evidence, values, and perspectives to support open, accountable, and transparent decision making, uncertainty is inherent. 

Uncertainty is present in the clinical and economic inputs that inform health technology assessment and is a critical factor during context-specific deliberations where the evidence is weighed and decisions are made, taking uncertainty into account through either financial or evidence-generation mechanisms.

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