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

Abstract Planning and administering Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies involve complex and critical decisions, especially in resource-scarce and densely populated settings such as Indonesia. Increasing investments alone do not ensure success and sustainability of UHC, and defining prioritie

Doctors were told last month that we should stop doing so many screenings for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test. We learned that sigmoidoscopy is a cheaper, easier and effective alternative to colonoscopy for colon cancer screening. And a study I led turned up strong evidence t

Breast cancer screening saves the lives of two women for every one patient who receives unnecessary treatment, according to a major European review.There has been a fierce debate about the use of screening, and policy is being reviewed in England.The latest study, published in the Journal of Medical

Abstract Health technology faces rising costs, system complexities, and gaps between development and coverage policies, limiting translation into practice. Traditional health technology assessment (HTA) evaluates technologies at late stages, providing little support if a technology fails to secur