TY - JOUR
TI - 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
AU - Gałązka-Sobotka, Małgorzata
AU - Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona
TI - 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
AB - 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.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 18, Issue 4
PY - 2021
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 298
EP - 309
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.033.14277
UR - 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
KW - health care management
KW - health technology
KW - Health Technology Assessment
KW - Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment
KW - HB-HTA
KW - hospital
KW - hospital treatment
KW - payer
KW - regional health departments