Health technology assessment and thyroid surgery

Lucchini, Roberta and Sanguinetti, Alessandro and Monacelli, Massimo and Triola, R. and Avenia, S. and Conti, C. and Santoprete, Stefano and Avenia, Nicola (2013) Health technology assessment and thyroid surgery. Il giornale di chirurgia, 34 (7/8). pp. 198-201. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

The growth of technological innovation, the request for assistance, the rising patient’s expectations and the interest of the industry have led to a rise in the cost of health care systems. In this context the role of the National Health System is not to delay the development or adoption of new technologies, but rather to drive the development selecting priorities and promoting its use. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach for analyzing the medical-clinical, social, organizational, economic, ethical and legal implications of a technology (devices, drugs, procedures) through the assessment of multiple parameters such as effectiveness, safety, costs of the social and organizational impact. A health technology assessment is a comprehensive, systematic evaluation of the prerequisites for estimating the consequences of using health technology. Main characteristic of HTA is that the problem is tackled using an approach focused on four main elements: - technology; - patient; - organization; - economy. The authors have applied the HTA method for the analysis of the ultrasonic focus dissector on thyroid surgery. They compared the cost of the surgical procedure using the ultrasonic dissector and without it in a case study of 440 patients who underwent thyroidectomy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	HTA, Thyroid surgery
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2019 08:13
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2019 08:13
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/8525

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