Policy HTA
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CDE HTA not only helps with NHIA with decision-making over coverage of new drugs and new special devices but also undertake studies involving the evaluation, research and analysis of health policies as authorized by other units under the MoHW, such as the Health Promotion Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Social Insurance, the Department of Medical Affairs, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Oral Health, the Social and Family Affairs Administration, the Department of Nursing and Health Care, and the National Health Research Institutes. Related study results are mostly referred to or adopted by the competent authority.
In 2022, CDE conducted 9 “Health and Welfare Policy Assessment and Academia-Research Collaborative Prospective Studies.” In addition, for the sake of developing and applying precision medicine in our country, the CDE has also helped conduct 2 related studies.
Health and welfare policy research topics for respective years are as follows:
2023 Policy HTA Study Topic
1. Analysis of Effectiveness of NHI-covered Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer
2. Empirical Research and Analysis of the Local Nurse-Patient Ratio over Three Shifts and Feasible Care Quality Monitoring Models
3. Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy of Long-acting AIDS Injections for AIDS Patients in Taiwan
4. Program to Evaluate Effectiveness of Outlying Area Healthcare Policies
5. Evaluation and Analysis and Substantial Corrective Actions Advised of Implementation Status of Integrated Care of Oral Cancer in Taiwan
2022 Policy HTA Study Topic
1. AIDS Prevention and Control - Pre-HIV Exposure Preventive Medication Project (PrEP) - Year 3 Program)
2. Reformation of Value-oriented Post-acute Phase Care Payment System - International Experience as Guidance
3. Evaluation of Protection Provided by a Flu Vaccine and Herd Community Following Vaccination
4. Prospective Evaluation of Payment for Healthcare Service and Creation of a Local Mechanism
5. Empirical Study of How Pediatric Healthcare Resources are Configured
6. Evaluation of Health Economic Effectiveness of Gastric Helicobacter Pylori Screening and Bacteria Removal Therapy in Prevention of Gastric Cancer
7. Evaluation of Feasibility and Economic Effectiveness of Low-dose Computed Tomography Screening in Population at High Risk of Lung Cancer
8. Evaluation and Analysis And Substantial Corrective Actions Advised of the Accessibility of Treatments Available for Treating Opioids Addiction in Taiwan and Co-morbidity Care
9. Evaluation of International Experience in Correcting Obesity in Young People
2021 Policy HTA Study Topic
1. Creating Evaluation Mechanism for Current Payment Efficacy of National Health Insurance (HTA) Technique as Basis (Year 3 Program)
2. Evaluation of the Most Suitable Strategies for Enforcing Pneumococcal Vaccination for Populations at High Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
3. Evaluation of the Most Suitable Strategies for Subsidizing Pneumococcal Vaccination among the Elderly at Fixed Amount
4. AIDS Prevention and Control - Pre-HIV Exposure Preventive Medication Project (PrEP)
5. Treatment Efficacy Analysis of Various Treatment Patterns of Hemophilia
6. Exploration of Demand for Beds and Allocation of Resources in Taiwan (Year 2 Program)
7 . Overview of Domestic and International Drug Addiction Alternative Treatments and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Methadone
8. Evaluation of the Efficacy of Long-acting Anti-psychotic Solutions for Injection Applied under the National Health Insurance and Advice on Psychiatry in the Future
9. Future Rehabilitation Manpower Development Evaluation Project
1. Creating Evaluation Mechanism for Current Payment Efficacy of National Health Insurance (HTA) Technique as Basis (Year 2 Program)
2. Exploration of Demand for Beds and Allocation of Resources in Taiwan
3. Analysis of Effectiveness of Drugs Treating Hemophilia in Taiwan
4. Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness Associated with Pneumococcal Vaccination for Populations at High Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
5. Related Study of Quality of Care and Allocation of Resources for End-stage Kidney Disease
6. Evaluation of Effectiveness of Dental Service for People with Special Needs
7. Evaluation of Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine 23 (PPV 23) in People Aged 65 to 74
8. Alcohol Addiction Treatment Efficacy in Taiwan - Evaluation of Drinking Cessation Drugs
9. Cost-effectiveness Evaluation of Next-generation Sequencing for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
10. Cost-effectiveness Evaluation of Next-generation Sequencing for Early-onset Epilepsy
11. Evaluation of the Feasibility of Precision Medicine Through Next-generation Sequencing Genomic Testing in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
2019 Policy HTA Study Topic
1. Creating Evaluation Mechanism for Current Payment Efficacy of National Health Insurance (HTA) Technique as Basis
2. Overall Efficacy Assessment of Oral Preventive Healthcare Policies
3. Clinical Application of Cord Blood and Cord Blood Stem Cells
4. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccination for Populations at High Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
5. Evaluation of Prevalence Rate of Rare Fabry Disease - Cardiac Variant (IVS4+919G>A), Efficacy of Therapeutic Drugs, and Update of Policies around the World
6. Study of the Mechanism for Collecting Fees for Adoption and Fostering Match Service
7. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Target Population for Government-sponsored Flu Vaccination
8. Evaluation of Strategies for Advancing Existing Cancer Screening Program and Its Cost-effectiveness
9. Economic Assessment of Intervening Care Management Solutions for Chronic Kidney Disease and Early Screening As Well as Early Chronic Kidney Disease (early CKD) and pre-end-stage renal disease (pre-ESRD)
10. Cost-effectiveness Evaluation of Early Intervention with Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) in Prostate Cancer
11. Exploring the Benefits of NHI-covered Healthcare Measures through Local Pharmacoeconomics Modeling for Common Diseases and by Utilizing Health Technology Assessment
The healthy policy assessments and results of the studies conducted by the HTA have helped with the promotion and consolidation of many policies of the competent health authority in our country. Results of the 2017 “Evaluation of the Economic Effectiveness of the Strategy to Administer Quadrivalent Flu Vaccines Comprehensively.” for example, showed that quadrivalent flu vaccines are cost-effective and hence served as reference while the Centers for Disease Control defined the policy to comprehensively upgrade government-sponsored flu vaccines to quadrivalent ones. What was covered in the 2020 study entitled “Exploration of Demand for Beds and Allocation of Resources in Taiwan” was already included in Section 1 of Chapter 1 “Reflecting upon Bed Analysis and Function Positioning” as implementation strategies and methods under the “Program to Build an Agile and Resilient Healthcare System” of the Stage 9 Medical Network held and promoted for 201 through 2024. In addition, the distribution pattern and variation trends of the local nurse-patient ratio over three shift analyzed in the study entitled “Empirical Research and Analysis of the Local Nurse-Patient Ratio over Three Shifts and Feasible Care Quality Monitoring Models” in 2023 were included in the agenda of the “Consensus Meeting for Discussing Legalization of Nurse-Patient Ratio over Three Shifts” of the Department of Nursing and Health Care under the MoHW in July 2023. The suggestions from the international society regarding coverage for long-acting injections and the provided cost-effectiveness analysis results collected through the 2023 “Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy of Long-acting AIDS Injections for AIDS Patients in Taiwan, ” by the same token, have been referred to by the MoHW in the “promotion of long-acting injection policies” and revision of the “Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drugs Prescription Guidelines.” The HTA continues to investigate and evaluate a variety of issues and policies in the health field and provide analysis results and policy suggestions that serve as important reference for the competent health authority while the latter promotes respective policies.