Background As universal health coverage schemes mature, governments often seek to improve patient choice, whilst ensuring that services are appropriate, high-quality, and financially sustainable, especially for high-cost interventions like dialysis. Policy levers to manage supply and demand for ser

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP) establishes the Global Research Unit (GRU), a new team created to strengthen evidence-informed policymaking in Thailand and internationally. Why GRU Matters Health technology assessment (HTA) h

โรคติดเชื้อ Human Papillomavirus (HPV) เป็นโรคติดต่อทางเพศสัมพันธ์ที่พบได้บ่อยและสามารถแพร่กระจายได้ง่ายเพียงการสัมผัสทางผิวหนัง (skin-to-skin contact

The study suggests that the price of patented medicine in Thailand should be controlled based on equity pricing and outcome pricing. Equity pricing can be estimated from the international reference price and outcome pricing can be evaluated from therapeutic referencing or the pharmacoeconomic price. Moreover, in a case study of 7 medicines granted

Patients who are using warfarin, an oral anticoagulant with narrow therapeutic index, needs to be followed up regularly. The index that has been used to monitor the result of using the medicine is International Normalized Ratio (INR). The gold standard of the method to measure INR is to measure using a specific device in the laboratory. However, th

Aim and objectives: This research aims to improve uptake of the Thailand National Quitline (TNQ) smoking cessation service and smoking cessation rates among Thai smokers. The objective of this study is to test whether text messages improves uptake of TNQ smoking cessation service and smoking cessation rates and to test which combination of text me

This project is part of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), an innovative global partnership between leading government institutions, universities, and think tanks in the field of healthcare priority-setting. iDSI uniquely provides intellectual insight with hands-on field expertise, and delivers peer-to-peer support to policymaker

Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r

Bhutan\'s Ministry of Health, especially the Essential Medicine and Technology Division (EMTD), is one of HITAP\'s long-term partners. From 2018 to 2019, HITAP with PATH supported Bhutan to conduct an economic evaluation for the implementation of a national program for rotavirus vaccination. HITAP also provided and continues to find opportunities f