Publication: Revisit Roles of HTA on Drug Policy in Universal Health Coverage in Thailand: Where Are We? And What Is Next?
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2019-05-01
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22121102
22121099
22121099
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Mahidol University
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Value in Health Regional Issues. Vol.18, (2019), 78-82
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Pimwara Tanvejsilp, Suthira Taychakhoonavudh, Usa Chaikledkaew, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Surachat Ngorsuraches Revisit Roles of HTA on Drug Policy in Universal Health Coverage in Thailand: Where Are We? And What Is Next?. Value in Health Regional Issues. Vol.18, (2019), 78-82. doi:10.1016/j.vhri.2018.11.004 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50777
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Revisit Roles of HTA on Drug Policy in Universal Health Coverage in Thailand: Where Are We? And What Is Next?
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© 2018 ISPOR–The professional society for health economics and outcomes research Objectives: To describe the process, challenges, and future direction of health technology assessment (HTA), focusing on the drug selection of the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) in Thailand. Methods: Literature and government documents were reviewed and analyzed by authors with experiences in HTA and drug policy in the country. Results: The structure of HTA and its process in the drug selection of the NLEM were described, followed by the outcomes of the use of HTA. Examples of lowering drug prices, as a result of price negotiation using HTA, were presented. A few examples were also provided to demonstrate how decisions were made from considering factors beyond cost-effectiveness findings. Finally, challenges on various issues including improvement of HTA structure and process were discussed for the future direction of HTA in Thailand. Conclusions: HTA has been adopted as a tool for the drug selection of the NLEM to help Thailand achieve universal health coverage. Nevertheless, various challenges exist and need to be addressed.