Hospital-based health technology assessment (HTA) in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review
| Title: | Hospital-based health technology assessment (HTA) in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review |
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| Authors: | Alex Itaborahy, Vania Cristina Canuto Santos, Flávia Cristina Ribeiro Salomon, Caroline Bregman, Iandy Mateus, Marisa Santos |
| Source: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 49, Iss 8, Pp 1-11 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: | Pan American Health Organization, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | technology assessment, biomedical, decision making, organizational, latin america, caribbean region, Medicine, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | Objective. To provide an overview of hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the technologies assessed, resources utilized, evaluation methods employed, and challenges encountered. Methods. A scoping review focused on HB-HTA using frameworks from the Joanna Briggs Institute was conducted across databases and gray literature. Results. Seventeen studies were identified, and another two documents were retrieved manually at a conference, totaling 19 files. Brazil emerged as a key player in HB-HTA activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, with public teaching hospitals leading the efforts. The primary focus of HB-HTA units was assessing medicines/pharmaceuticals and medical devices, using budget impact and cost-effectiveness/utility analyses as the main appraisal tools. The review also identified challenges such as limited human resources and financial support. Conclusions. The study highlights a growing interest in HB-HTA in Latin America and the Caribbean, driven primarily by public institutions. The findings underscore the need for tailored approaches to strengthen evidence-based decision-making in healthcare settings and address the challenges of the region’s limited resources and financial constraints. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian Portuguese |
| ISSN: | 1020-4989 1680-5348 |
| Relation: | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/63768; https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989; https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 |
| DOI: | 10.26633/RPSP.2025.8 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/346213486402409da90c67c376d8aa68 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.346213486402409da90c67c376d8aa68 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10204989 16805348 |
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| DOI: | 10.26633/RPSP.2025.8 |
| Published in: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian Portuguese |