Table 3 Difficulties encountered by respondents in conducting HTA
From: Talent cultivation in health technology assessment: an expert survey
Difficulties encountered | All respondents (n = 68) | Domestic respondents (n = 40) | Overseas respondents (n = 28) | Academia (n = 30) | Government (n = 23) | Industry (n = 15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lack of local data | 36 (52.9%) | 21 (52.5%) | 15 (53.6%) | 15 (50.0%) | 18 (78.3%) | 3 (20.0%) |
Recruitment is not easy | 32 (47.1%) | 17 (42.5%) | 15 (53.6%) | 16 (53.3%) | 11 (47.8%) | 5 (33.3%) |
Government values budget impact analysis more than cost-effectiveness analysis | 31 (45.6%) | 22 (55.0%) | 9 (32.1%) | 11 (36.7%) | 9 (39.1%) | 11 (73.3%) |
Difficulties in connecting theories with practices | 23 (33.8%) | 18 (45.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | 10 (33.3%) | 7 (30.4%) | 6 (40.0%) |
HTA research is not valued | 20 (29.4%) | 16 (40.0%) | 4 (14.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | 6 (26.1%) | 6 (40.0%) |
The views among industry, academia and government are significantly different | 20 (29.4%) | 13 (32.5%) | 7 (25.0%) | 7 (23.3%) | 8 (34.8%) | 5 (33.3%) |
Technical difficulties at the implementation level | 17 (25.0%) | 9 (22.5%) | 8 (28.6%) | 7 (23.3%) | 6 (26.1%) | 4 (26.7%) |
Existing personnel transformation (e.g., transfer from other areas to HTA) is difficult | 14 (20.6%) | 8 (20.0%) | 6 (21.4%) | 5 (16.7%) | 6 (26.1%) | 3 (20.0%) |
The cost of training new recruits is too high | 12 (17.6%) | 6 (15.0%) | 6 (21.4%) | 5 (16.7%) | 6 (26.1%) | 1 (6.7%) |
Other | 8 (11.8%) | 2 (5.0%) | 6 (21.4%) | 3 (10.0%) | 5 (21.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |