Naslov
Health Technology Assessment in Croatian Healthcare System

Autori
Miličić, Petar

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 26. – 30. 2007 / Kramar, Petar - Ljubljana, 2007, 157-157

Skup
11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, MEDICON 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 26. – 30. 2007

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 26.06.2007. - 30.06.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
HTA; WHO Project; Healthcare system

Sažetak
The healthcare system in Croatia is in transition. HTA can improve quality and increase its efficiency. In our feasibility study we made analysis of the efficiency of Croatian healthcare system, and as a result we found out that the system is very expensive and of an extremely low efficiency. Health technology assessment is the systematic evaluation of the properties and effects of health care tech-nology. It may nvolve the investigation of one or more of the following attributes of technologies: Performance characteristics that include sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests, and conformity with specifications for design, manufacturing, reliability, ease of use and maintenance. Safety, a judgment of the acceptability of risk (a meas-ure of the chances of an adverse health outcome and its severity) associated with using a technology in a particular situation. Efficiency refers to the benefit of using a technology to address a particular problem under ideal conditions (e.g., within the protocol of a carefully managed randomized controlled trial, involving patients meeting narrowly defined criteria, or conducted at a “ center of excellence” ). Effectiveness refers to the benefit of using a technol-ogy for a particular problem under general or routine condi-tions (e.g., by a physician in a community hospital treating a variety of patient types).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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