There is a growing demand for public health insurance programmes to reimburse high-cost medicines, including those that do not represent good value-for-money. This demand is likely to inhibit financial sustainability, given the growth of new technologies and public demands for expanded access to car

There is a growing demand for public health insurance programmes to reimburse high-cost medicines, including those that do not represent good value-for-money. This demand is likely to inhibit financial sustainability, given the growth of new technologies and public demands for expanded access to car

About one in six children and teenagers are also obese, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association report which showed that obesity remains a significant problem in US society despite efforts to combat it.“Obesity prevalence shows little change over the past 12 years, although the

Economic evaluation of treatment administration strategies of ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus retinitis in HIV/AIDS patients in Thailand: a simulation study. Teerawattananon K1, Iewsakul S1, Yenjitr C2, Ausayakhun S3, Yenjitr W4, Mugford M5, Teerawattananon Y2,6. 1 Ophthalmology Unit, Chiangkh

KEY MESSAGES • Thailand uses co-production of evidence, based on the concept of the “triangle that moves the mountain,” to support health policy making • The annual national health assembly is a key platform for interactions between multiple stakeholders to adopt resolutions through consensus •

The Access and Delivery Partnership (ADP) and the Health Intervention Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, presents you our latest animation demonstrating the utilisation of evidence in healthcare decision-making to achieve efficient, equitable, and sustainable

Sarin KC is Head of the Environmental Economics Unit at HITAP, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Previously, he worked as a research analyst at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Ministry of Health and Population in Nepal.As a health economist, he has helped institutionalise Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in c

Sripen Tantivess BSc, MPH, PhD* * Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand This paper presents a review of the domestic and international literature on the assessment of the social and ethical implications of health technologies. It g

ตุลาคม 2566, HITAP จัดการประชุมผู้เชี่ยวชาญเพื่อนำเสนอข้อค้นพบและข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายจากโครงการวิจัยเรื่อง “การจัดทำข้อเสนอแนะเพื่อสนับสนุนการพัฒนาแนวปฏิบัติและแนวทางการติดตามประเมินผลของระบบการแพทย์ทางไกลผ่านการถอดบทเรียนในบริบทไทยและบริบทโลก” ซึ่งศึกษาเกี่ยวกับระบบการแพทย์ทางไกล หรือ telemedicine

Background Healthcare policymaking often struggles to account for complex future uncertainties, particularly for policies affecting healthcare infrastructure or stakeholder behaviour. Scenario thinking is a structured approach for exploring multiple plausible futures. It has, however, been underuti