• 1. Evidence-Based Social Science Research Center/Health Technology Assessment Center, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 3. School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 4. Gansu Healthcare Security Administration, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
LI Xiuxia, Email: lixiuxia@lzu.edu.cn; DING Guowu, Email: dinggwlzu@163.com
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Objective  To investigate the health technology assessment reports, analyze publication characteristics and report quality, and explore hot topics in health technology assessment. Methods  Web of Science and CNKI databases were searched to collect complete health technology assessment reports from inception to January 2023. SPSS 26.0 software was used to analyze the publication journals, countries, number of authors, assessment types and assessment contents of the assessment reports. The report quality was assessed based on International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) report criteria (2007 edition). VOSviewer 1.6.11 was used to analyze keywords clustering. Results  A total of 216 papers were included, with 158 published by Chinese authors, and a rapid growth trend in the number of reports over past four years. The rate of reports on health technology social adaptability assessment was only 17.13%. Among the Chinese reports, 25 were general health technology assessments, 35 were rapid assessments, and 3 were mini assessments. Among the English reports, 4 were rapid assessments, and 54 were regular healthcare technology assessments. For the 14 items in the INAHTA reporting criteria, the reporting rates were high for the brief summary (98.61%), problem description (94.91%), and results discussion entries (97.69%). However, the reporting rates were low for criteria such as personnel responsibilities, conflict of interest statements, and peer review statements, at 31.94%, 19.44%, and 3.24% respectively. English literature generally exhibited higher report quality. Conclusion  In recent years, the volume of health technology assessment reports in China has been increasing, with developments in assessment types and application fields. However, there are also problems with standardization of reporting.

Citation: YAN Yilong, WANG Yongsheng, LI Ying, ZHANG Hairong, CAI Zhisheng, SONG Guihang, YANG Kehu, LI Xiuxia, DING Guowu. Report and quality analysis of health technology assessment. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(8): 945-950. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202210193 Copy

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