Table 7 Utilisation of health technology assessment reports in documents related to decision-making
From: Impact assessment of Iran’s health technology assessment programme
Type of document | Yes | No | I do not know | No response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Systematic reviews | 2 (10.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | 4 (20.0%) | 4 (20.0%) |
Service delivery guidelines (clinical guidelines or public health guidelines) | 1 (5.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | 7 (35.0%) | 7 (35.0%) |
Educational content for patient and/or the public (patient decision aids, etc.) | 1 (5.0%) | 6 (30.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | 8 (40.0%) |
Policy brief (policy brief is a documentation that is prepared to help make decisions about the possible options of policy-making and includes scientific evidence on the advantages and disadvantages of various policy-making options) | 0 | 4 (20.0%) | 4 (20.0%) | 7 (35.0%) |
Policy documents, guidelines and/or executive organisations’ legislations | 0 | 4 (20.0%) | 9 (45.0%) | 7 (35.0%) |
Book compilation | 5 (25.0%) | 14 (70.0%) | 1 (5.0%) | |
Development of educational content for professional groups (continuing education and/or education of academic students) | 0 | 19 (95.0%) | 1 (5.0%) | |