Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2018
Who should pay for HTA?
11 June 2018 - Part of the drive for strengthening EU cooperation on health technology assessment is to tackle duplication of work – ‘double paying’ would be another way to put this.
To do this the European Commission has commissioned research which not only sheds a light on governments’ spending on health technology assessment (HTA), but also whether fees are charged. However, unanswered questions remain, including: given how much it HTA costs, who should pay?
The European Commission asked for a great deal of research to support their policy making in relation to HTA across Europe. As part of that work, mapping was conducted which has set out – where available – the budget allocated for HTA in member states.
