(Reuters Health) – When people with chronic health conditions have lower out-of-pocket costs for medications, they are more likely to actually fill their prescriptions, according to a new research review.The findings, reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, sound logical. But they lend some har

(Reuters Health) – The short-term benefits of weight loss surgery are well known in severely obese people, but a new study finds that improvements in diabetes and blood pressure may hold up for years after the procedures.At six-year patient follow-ups, three quarters of people who’d undergone gastri

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to d

ทำไมเราจึงควรหันกลับมาทบทวนกระบวนการนี้ ?​ “เพื่อให้การคัดเลือกยาเข้าสู่บัญชียาหลักแห่งชาติมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้น จะเป็นไปได้หรือไม่ หากประเทศไทยเปิดรับ ข้อมูลการศึกษาความคุ้มค่าทางเศรษฐศาสตร์และผลกระทบด้านงบประมาณ ที่ได้รับการสนับสนุนโดยภาคเอกชน (Private sector-led submission)?”

การพัฒนานโยบายสุขภาพที่ยั่งยืนต้องอาศัยหลักฐานเชิงประจักษ์ (evidence-based decision making) เพื่อให้การตัดสินใจโปร่งใสเป็นระบบ และใช้ทรัพยากรอย่างคุ้มค่า ทีมวิจัยจึงมีบทบาทสำคัญในการรวบรวมและสังเคราะห์ข้อมูลเพื่อสนับสนุนกระบวนการนโยบาย ทั้งนี้ องค์การอนามัยโลก (World Health Organization: WHO) ได

Thailand’s dialysis policy reform, introduced in 2022, aimed to enable universal access to life-sustaining dialysis, but instead exposed systemic vulnerabilities that undermined dialysis quality, compromised patient safety and threatened sustainability of care. These outcomes highlight three ethical

This project is part of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), an innovative global partnership between leading government institutions, universities, and think tanks in the field of healthcare priority-setting. iDSI uniquely provides intellectual insight with hands-on field expertise, and delivers peer-to-peer support to policymaker

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues. PMAC is co-hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation with support from other key related partners. In 2021, HITAP has led one webinar session and co-led two others with international partners. For more information, please v

Abstract Background Due to competing health priorities and limited resources, many low-income countries, even those with a high disease burden, are not able to introduce pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Objective To determine the cost-utility of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vacci

ABSTRACT There has been continuous development in the field of health technology assessment (HTA) owing to the added value of HTA in supporting healthcare reimbursement decisions. Collaboration and engagement among countries in Asia has been carried out to share experiences and learning on the ba