Background Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) concepts, models and tools have been
used increasingly in health technology assessment (HTA), with several studies pointing out …

Background: Health-technology assessment (HTA) is a recognized mechanism to determine
the relative benefits of innovative medical technologies. One aspect is their health-economic …

Health care interventions are increasingly being delivered through digital technologies,
offering major opportunities for delivering more health gains from scarce health care …

The growing number of emerging medical technologies and sophistication of modern
medical devices (MDs) that improve both survival and quality of life indexes are often …

Abstract Background Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has been widely recognized as
informing healthcare decision-making, and interest in HTA of medical devices has been …

A cost-effectiveness analysis has become an important method to inform allocation
decisions and reimbursement of new technologies in healthcare. A cost-effectiveness …

Differing contexts have greatly influenced HTA development in various countries, with
considerable effort recently made by international HTA networks (eg, EUnetHTA) and the …

Importance There is no decision-making framework in the early-adoption stage of novel
surgical technologies, putting the quality of health care and resource allocation of the health …

Importance The cost-effectiveness of different surgical techniques for radical prostatectomy
remains a subject of debate. Emergence of recent critical clinical data and changes in …

Background: Flushing a venous access device is an important procedure to maintain their
patency and prevent malfunctioning and complications. An innovative double-chamber …