Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11384

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Publication type: Journal Article

Jackson TJ.
Health technology assessment in Australia: challenges ahead
MJA 2007 Sep 3; 187:(5):262-264
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_05_030907/jak10484_fm.html

Abstract:

Australia is well placed to again lead the world in health technology assessment

Australia led the world in 1993 when it introduced the so-called “fourth hurdle” of economic evaluation into the approvals process for drugs (in addition to the usual regulatory “hurdles” of quality, safety, and efficacy).1 We are among the dozen or so developed countries that had invested in health technology assessment (HTA) since the early 1980s, but it was the requirement of a favourable economic evaluation that attracted international attention to HTA in Australia.2 While economic evaluation had always been considered a component of HTA, a policy requiring evidence of cost-effectiveness was groundbreaking.3…

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