Abstract Background Typhoid vaccination has been shown to be an effective intervention to prevent enteric fever and is under consideration for inclusion in the national immunization program in Lao PDR. Methods A cost-utility analysis was performed using an age-structured static decision tree

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

Abstract Introduction: COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine for counseling, follow-up examination, and treatment purposes. The official guidelines in Thailand were launched to regulate or frame the protocols for healthcare professions and teams in different organizations. Obje

Abstract Objective: The National Health Security Office in Thailand introduced a telemedicine program called “Telehealth/Telemedicine” in December 2020, which aimed to reimburse telemedicine services for patients with stable chronic diseases under the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS). The current

Background Sputum-based diagnostic methods for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are challenging for patients who cannot produce sputum. Non-sputum-based approaches, such as tongue swab (TS), can address this gap. This study conducts an early Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of TS for PTB diagnosi

Highlights This report provides practical guidance for developing or updating health technology assessment (HTA) guidelines, especially in low- and middle-income countries where HTA is increasingly used as a priority setting tool for healthcare resource allocation and achieving universa

Abstract Background Home dialysis (HoD) remains underutilized, despite evidence showing it provides comparable mortality rates to in-center hemodialysis (ICHD) while offering advantages such as improved quality of life and lower overall costs. This scoping review comprehensively evaluates the

Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of mathematical modelling in decision-making and the limited capacity in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Thus, we studied how modelling supported policy decision-making processes in LMICs during the pand

Abstract Background and Objectives The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program was commissioned to conduct a cost–utility and budget impact analysis of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Gaucher disease types 1 and 3b. The findings from this assessment are to support the decision-m

In this paper we have reported a five-stage process, including a two-round Delphi survey that developed and reached consensus on a definition of early HTA, which is “a health technology assessment conducted to inform decisions about subsequent development, research and/or investment by explicitly ev