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Table 2 Policy areas, technologies and research topic areas

From: Budgeting for a billion: applying health technology assessment (HTA) for universal health coverage in India

 

Number

% Total

Health policy areas for HTA (important or very important)a

 Registration of individual health technologies

26

65%

 Reimbursement of individual health technologies

37

93%

 Clinical guidelines or disease management pathways development

33

83%

 Design of basic package of health benefits

38

93%

 Service delivery for health

34

85%

 Reform of provider payment systems

34

85%

Health technologies for HTA (important or very important)a

 Medicines

34

85%

 Vaccines

35

90%

 Medical devices

40

98%

 Screening programmes

36

92%

 Referral programmes

30

75%

 Procedures by health professionals (e.g. surgeries)

33

83%

 Public health programmes or initiatives

34

89%

 Service delivery initiatives or incentives

30

83%

Topics proposed by respondents

 Diagnostics

6

15%

 Drugs and devices

4

10%

 Health promotion and disease prevention

13

33%

 Health services

4

10%

 Service delivery

8

20%

 Other

5

13%

Total

40

100%

  1. a Percentage calculated on total number of respondents to each question