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ArticleFrontiers in public health2020

Quo Vadis HTA for Medical Devices in Central and Eastern Europe? Recommendations to Address Methodological Challenges.

Rita Daubner-Bendes, Sándor Kovács, Maciej Niewada, Mirjana Huic, Michael Drummond, Oriana Ciani, Carl Rudolf Blankart, Olena Mandrik, Aleksandra Torbica, John Yfantopoulos and 9 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 15 institutions in 12 countries.

Rita Daubner-BendesSyreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Sándor KovácsSyreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Maciej NiewadaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Mirjana HuicHTA/EBM Consulting Centre, Zagreb, Croatia.
Michael DrummondCentre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Oriana CianiCentre for Research on Health and Social Care Management, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy.
Carl Rudolf BlankartKPM Center for Public Management, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Olena MandrikSchool of Health and Related Research, Health Economics and Decision Science, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Aleksandra TorbicaCentre for Research on Health and Social Care Management, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy.
John YfantopoulosSchool of Economics and Political Science, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Guenka PetrovaDepartment of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Malwina Holownia-VoloskovaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Rod S TaylorEvidence Synthesis and Modelling for Health Improvement, College of Medicine and Health, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Maiwenn AlErasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Oresta PiniazhkoHTA Department of State Expert Centre of Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
László LorenzoviciG. E. Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Tirgu Mures, Romania.
Rosanna TarriconeCentre for Research on Health and Social Care Management, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy.
Antal ZemplényiSyreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Zoltán KalóSyreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Bocconi University · ITMedical University of Warsaw · PLSyreon Research Institute (Hungary)Croatian National Bank · HRErasmus University Rotterdam · NLMedical University of Sofia · BGMinistry of Health · UAMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit · GBNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRSemmelweis University · HUUniversitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș · ROUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Pecs · HUUniversity of Sheffield · GBUniversity of York · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Technology Assessment, BiomedicalCost-Benefit AnalysisEuropeEurope, EasternCentral-Eastern Europe (CEE)health technology assessement (HTA)medical device (MD)methodological challengereal world evidence (RWE)transferabilityvalue assessment

Identifiers

PMID33490024
PMCPMC7820783
OpenAlexW3119889910

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