Table 1 Definitions
From: A systematic review on current status of health technology reassessment: insights for South Korea
Health technology disinvestment | “The complete or partial removal of a health technology based on evidence that it is clinically ineffective and/or financially inefficient” [2]. “The process of withdrawing (partially or completely) health resources from those existing healthcare practices, procedures, technologies, and pharmaceuticals that are deemed to deliver no or low health gain and are thus not efficient health resource allocations” [36] |
Health technology reassessment | “A structured, evidence-based assessment of the clinical, social, ethical & economic effects of a technology currently used in the health care system, to inform optimal use of that technology in comparison to its alternatives” [2] |
Obsolescence | “The end point of all technology, which can progress through a lifecycle that encompasses ideas, innovation, invention, investigation, adoption, acceptance, reduced use, and obsolescence” [21] |