WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul law, saying its requirement that most Americans obtain insurance or pay a penalty was authorized by Congress’s power to levy taxes. The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court’s

In a constantly evolving world of healthcare, staying updated and informed about new developments and innovations is essential. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organisation in the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, had the opp

A few years ago, my daughter sprained her ankle at dance camp. What happened next offers a glimpse into some of the problems in our nation’s health care system.For years, we’ve been hearing that the United States spends more on health care than any other country, even as it lags far behind other cou

The 5th annual HTAsiaLink Conference officially concludes after a four-day intensive gathering of HTA practitioners and experts in Singapore. The conference was jointly organized by the Ministry of Health, Singapore, the Health Services Research Department of the Eastern Health Alliance and the Heal

This study aims to assess the impact of the compulsory licensing (CL ) policy issued by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health during December 2006 to January 2008 on antiretroviral drugs - efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir combination, an oral antiplatelet agent - clopidogrel, and four anti-cancer drugs - imatinib, erlotinib, letrozole, and doceta

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

The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. With an annual budget of approximately £35 million, NICE employs 250 staf

The greatest happiness of the greatest number?: Policy actors perspectives on using economic evaluation as a tool for informing health care coverage decisions in Thailand. Teerawattananon Y1, Russell S2. 1Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Non

Government use licenses in Thailand: an assessment of the health and economic impacts Inthira Yamabhai, Adun Mohara, Sripen Tantivess*, Kakanang Chaisiri and Yot Teerawattananon. Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) Background Between 2006 and 2008, Thailand’s Mi

The EVIDEM framework and its usefulness for priority setting across a broad range of health interventions Download at http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/9/1/8 Sitaporn Youngkong1,2*, Noor Tromp1† and Dereck Chitama1,3† * Corresponding author: Sitaporn Youngkong [email protected]