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Over the past two decades a notable progression has been made in relation to the capacity building of health technology assessment (HTA ) research and its policy utility in Thailand. Such developments have been shaped by multiple factors. This study aims to review 20 years experiences of an attempt to establish a  formal HTA system in Thailand, fo

\"First Step”, a program evaluation report, assessing HITAP’s two-year efforts and providing recommendations for further development of HITAP. This program evaluation was conducted by four external evaluators including Prof. John Cairns, Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Prof. Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, and Dr. Jirawat Panpiemras. Moreover, Prof. Mark Sculp

Because the quality of cost-effectiveness studies related to the Thai context is still limited, the Thai health technology assessment guidelines have been firstly developed in Thailand for researchers to stimulate the provision of standardized, reliable and good quality information which can be used by policy makers and healthcare personnel for mak

An aim of this study is to describe quantitatively and qualitatively progression and findings from the HTA topic selection process recently developed by HITAP. The process involves potential users of HTA information; namely (1) third party payers (public health insurers), (2) national health care program managers (Ministry of Public Health’s Depa

Cervical cancer is a global public health problem, with approximately 500,000 new cases are identified each year globally. The disease is the most common cancer in women in the developing world and its mortality is very high–nearly 300,000 per year, 80% of which are in resource-poor settings. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been proven as a major

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP ) has tried to develop mechanisms for HTA topic selection that are systematic, transparent and participatory. HITAP has organized a topic selection workshop annually in order to obtain HTA topics from stakeholders including decision makers, health professionals, academics, patient rep

Introduction: Cervical cancer is a major cause of deaths in female in low- and middle-income countries. The disease is preventable by introducing screening tests such as Pap smears, visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and HPV DNA testing. Recently, the first vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) was introduced to the health care market t

An aim of this project is to prioritise Health Technology Assessment (HTA) topics.Topic prioritisation process consists of three key principles namely,1) the entire process and results must be transparent;2) the process as well as the prioritised list should be reflect benefits of the society; and3) the participation from multiple groups of stakeho

Following an assessment1 of the core strategies of HITAP carried out by a team of Thai and UK investigators in 2007-2008, at the request of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, HITAP has initiated a second evaluation, in 2011, this time bringing together a team of UK, Thai and Korean assessors. These recommendations were the result of data analysi