Table 2 The assessments of the importance of HTA courses
From: Talent cultivation in health technology assessment: an expert survey
Courses | Mean | SD | Academia (n = 30) | Government (n = 23) | Industry (n = 15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research / Cost-effectiveness analysis / Pharmacy administration & pharmacoeconomics | 4.80 | 0.41 | 84 | 64 | 46 |
Health economics | 4.68 | 0.68 | 71 | 39 | 31 |
Epidemiology | 4.50 | 0.74 | 50 | 45 | 30 |
Health outcome research | 4.47 | 1.00 | 37 | 18 | 19 |
Biostatistics | 4.44 | 0.67 | 56 | 33 | 6 |
Evidence-based medicine / Application of clinical evidence-based medicine | 4.41 | 0.70 | 42 | 42 | 13 |
Economic evaluation of health care policy | 4.34 | 0.70 | 32 | 35 | 44 |
Clinical evidence-based drug evaluation | 4.26 | 0.80 | 7 | 23 | 9 |
Patient-reported outcomes measurement / Health indicators & measurement | 4.21 | 0.87 | 16 | 4 | 7 |
Clinical trials | 4.00 | 0.69 | 12 | 15 | 3 |
Academic writing | 3.71 | 0.90 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
Drug information | 3.69 | 0.87 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Application of statistical software | 3.63 | 0.96 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Pharmacy administration & law / Regulations of medicinal product registration | 3.43 | 0.90 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Concept of management | 3.00 | 0.99 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Public relations & mass communication | 2.91 | 0.99 | 0 | 1 | 5 |