Open AccessMiejsce i znaczenie AOTMiT w polskim systemie ochrony zdrowia
Author(s) -
Aneta Lipińska,
Tomasz Nawrocki,
Monika Patyna,
Aneta Płusa,
Maciej Pomorski,
Anna Ziębińska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie/zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-2627
pISSN - 1731-7398
DOI - 10.4467/20842627oz.19.020.12182
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , reimbursement , business , health technology , health care , government (linguistics) , transparency (behavior) , public administration , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System in health care system in Poland The Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System is national institution supervised by Minister of Health and funded by government. Agency is an advisory body in the reimbursement process. Agency has an impact on content of benefit basket, not only by evaluating new technologies but also re-evaluating benefit basket. Main goal of Agency is to provide patients access to the most effective and safe technologies. The most important Agency statements concern medical technologies and its modifications, qualification, removal in reference to guaranteed medical services. The Minister of Health, taking decisions about which health technology should be financed by public found, takes into account: recommendations and opinions of President of Agency, opinions and statements of the Transparency Council and the Council for Tariffs Affairs. The Agency’s task is also: setting tariffs for health care services; evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines prepared by medical societies; preparing opinions about national and local government health care programs.