Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies in Ireland

The HTA guidelines provide an overview of the principles and methods used in assessing health technologies. They are intended as a guide for all those who are involved in the conduct or use of HTA in Ireland. The purpose of the guidelines is to promote the production of assessments that are timely, reliable, consistent and relevant to the needs of decision makers and key stakeholders in Ireland.

The HTA guidelines will comprise several sections including guidance on economic evaluation, budget impact analysis, social, ethical and organisational aspects of HTA and recommended reporting formats. Each of these sections is important. Rather than delay publication of the guidelines until all sections were complete, it was considered prudent to develop the sections of the guidelines as stand alone documents, commencing with the economic guidelines.

HTA_Economic_Guidelines_2010.pdf