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This commentary clarifies and reinforces recommendations provided in a recently published article on the second edition of the practical guide for evidence-informed deliberative processes (EDPs): “Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefit Package Design – Part II: A Practical Guide”. While the practical guide draws on an extensive amount of information…
| John Sproule, Ken Bond, Lindsey Warkentin, Bing Guo, Nancy Zuck
This report is the result of a national consultation and roundtable deliberations conducted by the Institute of Health Economics to support the development of a National Strategy for Heart Valve Disease in Canada. Two virtual policy engagements with clinical leaders, patients and health system managers were conducted in November 2021. These workshops identified 9 thematic areas…
| Erin Kirwin, Jeff Round, Ken Bond, Christopher McCabe
This paper presents a Life-Cycle Health Technology Assessment (HTA) framework designed to address three challenges faced by standard HTA: uncertainty, evolving evidence and health system sustainability. The LC-HTA framework is built around on-market evidence generation and risk-based pricing strategies. Where…
The Institute of Health Economics conducted an environmental scan to: describe available Alberta data assets to support the identification, surveillance, and management of high-risk patients with known cardiovascular disease; identify preliminary gaps in the available information; and formulate potential strategies to address the gaps identified. This environmental scan represents…
Summary: Deliberative processes are a well-established part of health technology assessment (HTA) programs in a number of high- and middle-income countries, and serve to combine complex sets of evidence, perspectives, and values to support open, transparent, and accountable decision making. Nevertheless, there is little documentation and research to inform the development…