Walley Tom
National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Liverpool University, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
Med J Aust. 2007 Sep 3;187(5):283-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01244.x.
The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme in England is a government-funded but independent research program. It is "needs-led", identifying technologies of most importance to the National Health Service and commissioning research to provide answers on these technologies useful to policymakers, clinicians and patients. It is "science-added", refining problems to researchable questions and working with researchers to ensure that the question is addressed, and disseminating the findings to key audiences. There is a clear distinction in England between assessment (a scientific process and the role of the HTA Programme) and appraisal (the role of policymakers, like the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). There are many features common to HTA in Australia and England, but also differences, as HTA in each country has to adapt to its own environment.
英国的卫生技术评估（HTA）项目是一个由政府资助但独立的研究项目。它是“需求导向型”的，确定对国民医疗服务体系最为重要的技术，并委托开展研究，为政策制定者、临床医生和患者提供有关这些技术的有用答案。它是“科学补充型”的，将问题细化为可研究的问题，并与研究人员合作以确保问题得到解决，然后将研究结果传播给关键受众。在英国，评估（一个科学过程以及HTA项目的职责）和评价（政策制定者的职责，如国家卫生与临床优化研究所）之间存在明显区别。澳大利亚和英国的卫生技术评估有许多共同特征，但也存在差异，因为每个国家的卫生技术评估都必须适应其自身环境。
