%0 Journal Article
%T Mixed functional model HB-HTA with the coordinating role of the Regional Center for Investments supported by the Polish National Fund and Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System
%A Gałązka-Sobotka, Małgorzata
%A Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona
%J Public Health and Governance
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.033.14277
%N Volume 18, Issue 4
%P 298-309
%K health care management, health technology, Health Technology Assessment, Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment, HB-HTA, hospital, hospital treatment, payer, regional health departments
%@ 1731-7398
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/model-funkcjonalny-hb-hta-z-koordynujaca-rola-regionalnego-centrum-oceny-inwestycji-wspartego-przez-narodowy-fundusz-zdrowia-oraz-agencje-oceny-technologii-medycznych-i-taryfikacji-model-mieszany
%X 
	The implementation of the strategic model for hospital health technology assessment in Poland requires the involvement of many stakeholders. HB-HTA fundamentally concerns hospitals and how they rationalize decision making in implementing innovative medical technologies. However, the need to obtain public funding after verifying the effectiveness of a given medical technology or to keep up with the evolving HB-HTA method­ology naturally requires the involvement of both the payer (NFZ) and the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System in activities connected with the implementation and development of HB-HTA. An important aspect of the coordination of activities in relation to hospital HTA is also the support given to hospitals by regional authorities – competent health departments in voivodeship offices – by assessing HB-HTA reports prepared by the hospitals and indicating regional competitive potential of a given medical technology. This creates a hybrid/mixed system of insti­tutional support for innovative medical technologies implemented in hospitals.

	This institutional plurality within HB-HTA is a clear asset, strengthening the hospital’s planned undertaking substantively and financially, especially when the assistance mechanisms undertaken are flexible, soft in nature, and allow hospital units to shape effective HB-HTA activities.