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

There have been an increasing number of people undergoing cataract surgery in the past five years, especially with those under the Unicersal Coverage Scheme (UC). Improtant factors contributing to this have included an increase in the number of opthalmologists and an increase in the population of Thai provinces. For facotrs influencing the type of

This study is the first stage under the project of development and evaluation concerning the effectiveness of measures to prevent self-harm in Thailand. The problem conditions, involved factors, signals prior to self-harm and measures to prevent self-harm in selected province were studied. The study results illustrate the problems of inaccessibili

This suggestion report aims to present how to manage and utilize the existing researches to policy and how to enhance the research capacity of the EMS agencies201-344-2553

The objective of this study is to determine the economic evaluation of absorbent products for urinary and fecal incontinence among disabled and elderly people in Thailand by taking the monthly average expense of adult diapers, incontinence pads of approximately 2,000 Baht per person into consideration.While a majority of disabled people and depende

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

This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of medical rehabilitation services for inpatients suffering from a stroke. It will compare the outcome of medical rehabilitation services in terms of functional status and quality of life before and after service providing. Moreover, it will compare cost-effectiveness and cost-uti

Patients with Down’s syndrome have developmental delay and abnormalities in their biological system. Most of the patients cannot take care of themselves. They must have long term treatment which is quite expensive. Currently there is no curative therapy for Down’s syndrome. Screening and prenatal diagnosis to detect abnormalities of Down’s sy

Introduction: The development of new technology to treat patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma has resulted in promising outcomes in terms of extending life and improving quality of life. In Thailand, where health resources are limited, an economic evaluation of such technology would provide useful information for pricing and reimbursement