From CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/15/cancer-burden-lifestyle-world.html)The unhealthy consumption of high-calorie food threatens to reverse declines in smoking-related cancers in developed countries, while cancer death rates are expected to increase in developing countries,

(Reuters) – The Obama administration on Monday said it expects that U.S. states will eventually join its planned expansion of the Medicaid healthcare program as they evaluate the benefits of providing health coverage to more low-income people.U.S. Medicaid director Cindy Mann said states will likely

More rationing of care and charging for services in the NHS need to be considered as it faces at least a decade of austerity, experts say.The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the coming years will be the toughest since the early 1950s when dental and prescription fees were introduced.Other measures

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 greatly expanded women’s access to free preventive services, particularly for sexual and reproductive health . Men didn’t fare nearly as well.The ACA guidelines’ promise of free contraception may have generated the most controversy, but the law also provides many othe

To understand the digital health landscape in different countries from national strategy and regulation to HTA evaluation, adoption, and challenges. The objective is to use this information to better inform digital health policy in Thailand as well as to create a reference case to conduct HTA for digital health technologies.

Indonesia issued the 2017 health technology assessment (HTA) guideline to facilitate researchers conducting economic evaluations based on standardised principles. However, our evaluation revealed no significant differences in adherence to its recommendation between HTA studies conducted before and a

K. Chittawatanarat a, *, K. Tosanguan b, U. Chaikledkaew b, c, S. Tejavanija d, Y. Teerawattananon b a Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Intawarorod Road, Sripume, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Including Health Interventions in the Universal Health Coverage Benefit Package in Thailand. Sitaporn Youngkong, Rob Baltussen, Sripen Tantivess, Adun Mohara, Yot Teerawattananon. Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Including Health Interventions in the Univers

Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences. Rob Baltussen1, Sitapon Youngkong11,2, Francesco Paolucci3, Louis Niessen4 1 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands 2 Health I

Multi-criteria decision analysis for setting priorities on HIV/AIDS interventions in Thailand. Sitaporn YoungkongEmail author, Yot Teerawattananon, Sripen Tantivess and Rob Baltussen Abstract Background A wide range of preventive, treatment, and care programs for HIV/AIDS are currently ava