A5040304598- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Innovation Policy and R&D
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- European and International Law Studies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Polish Law and Legal System
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Intellectual Property and Patents
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
University of Cambridge
2018-2022
Harvard University Press
2021
University of Michigan
2021
Ludovika University of Public Service
2015
Central European University
2015
Edelman (United Kingdom)
2014
Managed entry agreements (MEAs) are a set of instruments to facilitate access new medicines. This study surveyed the implementation MEAs in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where limited comparative information is currently available.We conducted survey on CEE between January March 2017.Sixteen countries participated this study. Across five with available data number different MEA implemented, most common implemented were confidential discounts (n = 495, 73%), followed by paybacks 92, 14%),...
Background Selection of an appropriate renal replacement modality is utmost importance for patients with end stage disease. Previous studies showed provision information to and free choice by be suboptimal. Therefore, the European Kidney Patients' Federation (CEAPIR) explored patients' perceptions regarding information, education involvement on selection process. Methods CEAPIR developed a survey, which was disseminated national kidney patient organisations in Europe. Results In total, 3867...
Epistemic communities are an established concept in the study of international relations but can also explain policy change at domestic level. This article asks why some epistemic manage to convince decision makers their preferred policies while others do not. It suggests that reason lies causal mechanism communities' influence on makers, mediated by makers' demand for expert input. Most scholarship focuses single case studies where was strong and clear, leading overestimation groups'...
Abstract In the past two decades, setting up independent health technology assessment (HTA) agencies has become a popular tool to inform reimbursement decision-making in care, spreading from Northern European countries across Western Europe but much less so post-communist countries. Structural political science explanations leave gaps clarifying this diffusion pattern. This paper proposes theoretical model focusing on influence of domestic epistemic communities mitigating policy diffusion....
<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> In their landmark report on the “Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease” (1968), Wilson Jungner noted that practice screening is just as important securing beneficial outcomes avoiding harms formulation principles. Many jurisdictions have since established various kinds “screening governance organizations” to provide oversight practice. Yet date there has been relatively little reflection nature organization itself, or how different...
Abstract Health technology assessment (HTA) is not simply a mechanistic technical exercise as it takes place within specific institutional context. Yet, we know little about how this context influences the operation of HTA and its ability to influence policy practice. We seek demonstrate importance considering context, using case study Hungary, country that has pioneered in Central Eastern Europe. conducted 26 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with public- private-sector stakeholders....
The role of evidence and expertise in policy-making has been interest to public health professionals political scientists alike. community often sees its efforts as part a linear knowledge transfer process tends blame itself for inadequate communication or translation arguments policy-makers' language when fail. Political science, especially theories the policy process, offer alternative perspectives explain success failure experts' preferred goals. This paper focuses on concept epistemic...
Health technology assessment (HTA) has over the past three decades become a well-established part of decisions about allocation resources in many countries. Despite this, little is known HTA’s impact on health systems. Few studies have evaluated benefits HTA for outcomes, access to care or public budgets. In contrast, relatively clear upfront costs, which could potentially discourage policy-makers from establishing agencies, especially low income countries with restricted resources. It may...
<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> In their landmark report on the “Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease” (1968), Wilson Jungner noted that practice screening is just as important securing beneficial outcomes avoiding harms formulation principles. Many jurisdictions have since established various kinds “screening governance organizations” to provide oversight practice. Yet date there has been relatively little reflection nature organization itself, or how different...
Transparency is recognised to be a key underpinning of the work health technology assessment (HTA) agencies, yet it has only recently become subject systematic inquiry. We contribute this research field by considering Polish Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AHTAPol). situate AHTAPol in broader context comparing with National Institute and Care Excellence (NICE) England. To end, we analyse all 332 reports, called verification analyses, that issued from 2012 2015, stratified sample 22...
Abstract This article identifies the interests and policy positions of key health stakeholders regarding creation a technology assessment (HTA) agency in Czech Republic, what considerations influenced them. Vested have been suggested as factor mitigating diffusion HTA bodies internationally. The Republic recently considered discarded establishing an agency, making it good case for studying actors’ throughout debates. Findings are based on in-depth, semi-structured expert elite interviews...
In the past few years, several papers have been published in international literature on impact of economic crisis health and care. However, there is limited knowledge this topic regarding Central Eastern European (CEE) countries. The main aims study are to examine effect financial care spending four CEE countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland Slovakia) comparison with OECD paper we also revised for related system these data released 2012 were used differences growth rates before...
Abstract Member states have consistently limited the European Union's competences in area of health care reimbursement. Despite these efforts, there has been a slow but steady tendency toward harmonization key tool reimbursement decision-making: technology assessment (HTA), multidisciplinary evaluation “value for money” medicines, devices, diagnostics, and interventions, which provides expert advice decisions. This article examines origins this paradoxical appetite as well dissensus that...