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Table 4 HTA units in ASEAN countries

From: A landscape analysis of health technology assessment capacity in the Association of South-East Asian Nations region

Country HTA agency Year of establishment Governance (autonomous/semi-autonomous/government) No. of professionals No. of HTAs conducted Types of technologies assessed
Indonesia Indonesian Health Technology Assessment Committee (InaHTAC) 2014 Government 10 11 Drugs, devices, health interventions
Malaysia Malaysian Health Technology Assessment Section (MaHTAS) 1995 Government 33 438* Drugs, medical devices, programmes, procedures
Singapore Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE) 2015 Government 74 (only 50 are involved with HTA) 120** Drugs, vaccines, gene therapies, medical technologies (devices and medical services)
Thailand Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) 2007 Semi-autonomous 68 228 Drugs, vaccines, devices, health interventions
The Philippines Health Technology Assessment Unit (HTAU) 2019 Semi-autonomous 45 15 Drugs, vaccine, devices, interventions, traditional medicine
Vietnam Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) 2013 Government A unit explicitly for HTA is expected to be established. The specifics are to be decided   Drugs, devices, health interventions
  1. Table as of March 2020
  2. *Including rapid/mini HTAs
  3. **Excluding rapid/mini HTAs
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