Hospital Based HTA - Implementation in the Czech Republic

Abstract

This Master's Thesis is set out to explore the concept of hospital-based HTA and identify various forms of this approach, usage diversification in hospitals around the world, the type and the extent of questions solved by implementation and further spreading of hospital-based HTA concept. The methodology consists of data collection from three hospitals in Spain, Italy and Canada, that are organized into comprehensive schemes and serve not only as the comparison between these countries but also as the tool to find out the key factors needed to model and recommend the implementation steps and process structures of hospital-based HTA Unit in General Teaching Hospital in Prague.

This Master's Thesis is set out to explore the concept of hospital-based HTA and identify various forms of this approach, usage diversification in hospitals around the world, the type and the extent of questions solved by implementation and further spreading of hospital-based HTA concept. The methodology consists of data collection from three hospitals in Spain, Italy and Canada, that are organized into comprehensive schemes and serve not only as the comparison between these countries but also as the tool to find out the key factors needed to model and recommend the implementation steps and process structures of hospital-based HTA Unit in General Teaching Hospital in Prague.