Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS), Bocconi University, Milano, Italy.
Hamburg Centre for Health Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Health Econ. 2022 Sep;31 Suppl 1:1-9. doi: 10.1002/hec.4600. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
The field of medical devices has attracted considerable interest from scholarly research in health economics in recent years. Medical devices are indispensable tools for quality health care delivery, but their assessment and appropriate use pose significant challenges to healthcare systems. More research is needed to overcome existing gaps associated with evaluation of digital technologies, address challenges in the use of real-world data in generating evidence for decision-making and to uncover drivers of variation in access to medical devices across countries. Furthermore, the translation of the results and recommendations stemming from research projects into health technology assessment practices needs to be strengthened. The European Union (EU) project COMED aimed to address these gaps by improving existing research and developing new research streams on the methods for evaluation and diffusion of medical devices. The project also intended to provide directly applicable policy advice and tools to inform decision-making, with the aim of impacting public health in the EU. This Health Economics Supplement, together with references of other published outputs of the project, is intended to be the main source for researchers and policy makers seeking information on the COMED project.
近年来,医疗器械领域引起了健康经济学学术界的极大关注。医疗器械是提供高质量医疗保健的不可或缺的工具,但它们的评估和合理使用给医疗保健系统带来了重大挑战。需要开展更多的研究来克服与数字技术评估相关的现有差距,解决在使用真实世界数据为决策提供证据方面的挑战,并揭示各国医疗器械可及性差异的驱动因素。此外,需要加强将研究项目的结果和建议转化为卫生技术评估实践的工作。欧盟(EU)项目 COMED 的目的是通过改进现有的研究和开发医疗器械评估和传播方法的新研究方向来解决这些差距。该项目还旨在提供直接适用的政策建议和工具,为决策提供信息,以影响欧盟的公共卫生。本健康经济学增刊与该项目的其他已发表成果的参考文献一起,旨在成为寻求有关 COMED 项目信息的研究人员和政策制定者的主要信息来源。
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