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Plain-language articles on health technology assessment, market access and reimbursement — from the fundamentals to the latest European policy changes.
HTA Fundamentals
The Nine Domains of HTA: Why Only Four Are Clinical
Safety and clinical effectiveness are just two items on a list of nine. Only four of the nine HTA domains are clinical, and that split is now written into EU law.
15-minute readIntermediate level
HTA Fundamentals
The Definition of Health Technology Assessment: How HTA Took 44 Years to Define
The first HTA report appeared in 1976. The first definition the field collectively agreed on was published in 2020. How the definition was built, and why the words matter.
14-minute readIntermediate level
HTA Fundamentals
What Is Health Technology Assessment (HTA)?
Regulatory approval allows a health technology onto the market. HTA asks the question that comes next: what does it add compared with current care, and is that added value worth the cost?
12-minute readBeginner level