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MISSION REPORT: FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON HTA STUDIES IN INDONESIA IN AUGUST
The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, has been working with the Health Technology Assessment Committee (HTAC), Ministry of Health, Indonesia, since 2014 under the auspices of the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI).
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Mid-term review of Maternal and Child Health Voucher Scheme
During May 2010 to March 2011, a feasibility study of the community health initiative for MCH care was conducted in the Lewe, Yedarshey and Tatkone Townships by HITAP, the WHO and the MoH, Myanmar. The first study mission in May 2010 developed a protocol for the community health initiative whi
Methods for Economic Evaluation Project (MEEP)
Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r
Methodological Variation in Economic Evaluations Conducted in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Information for Reference Case Development
Benjarin Santatiwongchai1, Varit Chantarastapornchit1*, Thomas Wilkinson2, Kittiphong Thiboonboon1, Waranya Rattanavipapong1, Damian G Walker3, Kalipso Chalkidou2, Yot Teerawattananon1
1 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 2 NICE International,National Insti
Mercury, oils from fish at odds in heart health
(Reuters Health) – Mercury and omega-3 fatty acids – both found in fish – appear to have opposite links to heart health, scientists have found.In an analysis of more than 1,600 men from Sweden and Finland, researchers found that men with high levels of mercury in the body had an increased risk of he
Medicaid expansion in U.S. states found to cut death rates
The findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine could fuel a political furor over new plans for a nationwide expansion of Medicaid that erupted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in late June.In an unexpected move, the high court rul
Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-5L compared to EQ-5D-3L in the Thai diabetes patients (2015)
Juntana Pattanaphesaj and Montarat Thavorncharoensap
Abstract
Background: The EQ-5D is a health-related quality of life instrument which provides a simple descriptive health profile and a single index value for health status. The latest version, the EQ-5D-5L, has been translated into morethan
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