2.10.5. Health technology assessment

The potential of HTA for problem solving and helping division makers in their task is great and is likely to further improve in the future when a mutual understanding will be achieved in the member States for what concerns how to conduct HTA studies with the aim of assessing the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies. HTA approaches in different countries should be compared looking both at the methods and data used for the assessment, the conclusions reached and how the HTA evidence is used for decision making.