HITAP emphasise the lead role of Thailand in public health system as the host of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) conference at the regional level gathering around 300 academics from 20 countries to present their research work, build a network for health policy recommendations development, and

October 24, 2025 – At the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the Environmental Economics Unit (E2U) of the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP) participated in "The MoPH Greenhouse Gas Reduction Promotion Policy Announcem

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2020 took place in Bangkok between January 28th and February 2nd. This year PMAC was combined with the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum, and the theme for the conference was Accelerating Progress towards UHC. Every year the conference attracts an array

Historical development of health technology assessment in Thailand Teerawattananon Y*, Tantivess S*, Yothasamut J*, Kingkaew P *, Chaisiri K*. *Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Thailand Objectives This study aims to review the development of health technology assessme

Over the past 5 years, HCUs (i.e., top 5% of the population) utilized ~50% of the annual health expenditure, confirming that even during the pandemic year of 2020, the HCU phenomenon still existed. The characteristics of HCU patients remained relatively the same from 2016 to 2020, in terms of pro

Two days after Debra Demidon underwent in vitro fertilization, she gained more than 30 pounds in fluid and suddenly was struggling to breathe.Doctors diagnosed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), a complication seen in some women who undergo fertility treatment. It landed Ms. Demidon in

This research aimed to develop the population-based preference scores of the EQ-5D-5L (the 5L), Thai version in an effort to compare the measurement properties of the 5L with those of the EQ-5D-3L (the 3L), and to compare the results of an economic evaluation from a 2014 study that used the 5L compared with the 3L. To elicit population-based prefer

Reference: Tarn YH, Hu S, Kamae I, Yang BM, Li SC, Tangcharoensathien V, Teerawattananon Y, Limwattananon S, Hameed A, Aljunid SM, Bapna JS. Health-care systems and pharmacoeconomic research in Asia-Pacific region. Value Health. 2008;11(Suppl 1):S137-55. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubme

Health technology assessments as a mechanism for increased value for money: recommendations to the Global Fund. Yot Teerawattananon1*, Kate McQueston2, Amanda Glassman2, Jomkwan Yothasamut1,2 and Chaw Yin Myint1,2 Abstract The Global Fund is experiencing increased pressure to optimize resul