WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul law, saying its requirement that most Americans obtain insurance or pay a penalty was authorized by Congress’s power to levy taxes. The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court’s

Vietnam has decided to incorporate Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evidence to support reimbursement decisions for medicines and has recognised the need for standard guidelines for both the process and the methodological aspects of HTA. The Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI), Ministry o

Session Overview and Key Discussion Highlights The pre-conference session on “Building Regional Capacity in Infectious Disease Modelling: Shared Insights, Challenges, and Opportunities” was held on 5 November 2024, at Millenium Hilton Bangkok, Thailand, alongside the Infectious Disease Modelling

Summary of the HTAsiaLink 2018  In 2018, was co-hosted by the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) and the Health Technology Assessment Program at Mahidol University from 8-11 May 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme of the conference was “Testing Treatments: Strengthe

Middle-aged men are now the group at highest risk of committing suicide in England, statistics reveal.Key reasons could be job or money worries due to the recession, says a new government strategy to reduce the number of suicides.Suicide rates among young men – previously the most at-risk group – ha

This report summarizes the study visit of delegates from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana to the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP), Thailand between 28 October and 1 November 2024.   The report has been prepared by Dr. Brandon Chua and M

Among sensory impairment, hearing impairment is most found in the general population worldwide. WHO estimated in 2011 that more than 360 million people (5% of the world population) have disabling hearing loss. In the Thai population, the prevalence of hearing loss is 4%. Consequences of hearing impairment include inability to interpret speech sound

Inappropriate use of antimicrobial is not only a major cause of antimicrobial resistance but also a huge waste of expenditure in many countries including Thailand. The consensus of focus groups has suggested that intervention called drug use evaluation (DUE) might be used as a tool for solving this problem. However, it was noted that an explicit po

Nearly 7,000 out of just over 30,000 were thought to have been affected, while tens of thousands of appointments and tests were also hit across the UK. But emergency services were kept running as unions and managers agreed contingency plans ahead of the walkout. In London, a major incident was decla

With the introduction of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asian countries, priority-setting and HTA has become increasingly important.  However, only in the past decade has HTA been used to inform countries’ health programs and policies. As such, HTA agencies are relatively new in Asia.  In 20