Involving stakeholders and developing a policy for stakeholder involvement in the European network for Health Technology Assessment, EUnetHTA

Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen; Sarah Wadmann; Finn Børlum Kristensen; Marie-Louise Bistrup; Americo Cecchetti; Eva Turk

doi:10.1017/S0266462309990729

Involving stakeholders and developing a policy for stakeholder involvement in the European network for Health Technology Assessment, EUnetHTA

Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen, Sarah Wadmann, Finn Børlum Kristensen, Marie-Louise Bistrup, Americo Cecchetti, Eva Turk

Section of Health Services Research

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Abstract

Objectives: This article explains how the issue of stakeholder involvement was addressed in the European network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) Project and describes the structures of future stakeholder involvement in the EUnetHTA Collaboration.

Methods: Initiatives led to a dialogue with stakeholders and exchanging views and expectations on health technology assessment (HTA) processes and the future development of EUnetHTA. The methods of involving different stakeholder groups in EUnetHTA included general information to stakeholders about EUnetHTA, targeted information on a Web site, analysis of stakeholder opinions on HTA and EUnetHTA, and development of a draft stakeholder policy.

Results: First steps were taken to organize processes to consolidate the legitimacy of EUnetHTA and its products and encourage the representation of interests, thus contributing to promoting the utilization of HTA in national/regional policy making. A stakeholder Web site, analyses of stakeholder opinions on HTA and EUnetHTA in a discussion topic catalog, and a draft stakeholder policy resulted from the work.

Conclusions: Stakeholder involvement in EUnetHTA is necessary to ensure the legitimacy and prospects for utilization of EUnetHTA and its products. The described activities and results create the foundation for a continued dialogue with, and involvement of, stakeholders. The EUnetHTA stakeholder meeting can be considered as a successful experience of dialogue between EUnetHTA and stakeholders, which should be continued. Our experience shows the challenge of obtaining balanced stakeholder representation across the identified stakeholder groups. Continued attention should be given to achieving balanced stakeholder representation.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
Volume	25
Pages (from-to)	84-91
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0266-4623
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462309990729
Publication status	Published - 23 Dec 2009

Keywords

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
health technology assessment
Decision-making
Stakeholders
Interest groups

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Involving stakeholders and developing a policy for stakeholder involvement in the European network for Health Technology Assessment, EUnetHTA. / Palmhøj Nielsen, Camilla; Wadmann, Sarah; Børlum Kristensen, Finn et al.

In: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 25, 23.12.2009, p. 84-91.

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