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

This study aims to evaluate the cost-utility of the routine offers of HIV counseling and testing in community hospitals compared with the current practice. It analyses this by using the social perspective and the payer prospective. The model-based economic evaluation was use to analyze this. Data about the quality of life of HIV infected patients a

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

This project aims to propose an additional and unified screening package for the Thai population, building upon that offered already by the UC, which will be useful to allocate resources more efficiently and reduce the inequity gap among the three insurance scheme beneficiary groups.   1. To prioritize diseases  for screening  based on availab

The Cost-utility analysis (CUA) study of Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) versus blood transfusion and iron chelating therapy (standard treatment) found that related HSCT (sibling donor) is more cost effective than unrelated HSCT in patients ≤ 10 years old in Thai healthcare setting. However, there currently has capacity limit for H

Economic evaluation of HLA-B*1502 screening for preventing carbamazepine- induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is prioritized by stakeholders under ‘Research for development of health benefit package under universal coverage scheme’. The study carried out an evidence to inform the Subcommittee for Developm

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

The purpose of this study is to compare the cost-utility of each treatment option available today in order to determine the most cost-effective treatment compared with standard treatment in the social perspective. Research methodology is an economic evaluation by using the markov model to compare the cost and utility of treatment options of new pat

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