September 2, 2025
Open to all ISPOR Members and Non-members
Title: HTA in Pluralistic Healthcare Systems: A Global Perspective
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
10:00AM EDT | 2:00PM UTC | 4:00PM CEST
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Over the past 40 years, the use of health technology assessment (HTA) has expanded, particularly in its influence on decisions about the reimbursement, adoption, and utilization of new drugs, devices, and procedures. In regions with "pluralistic" healthcare systems, where multiple payers or sectors exist, HTA could benefit various stakeholders. However, a centralized HTA may not fully address the distinct needs of these different groups, which may have varying budgets, standards of care, target populations, or decision-making procedures.
This webinar will focus on a 2022 publication from Value in Health focusing on the challenges of HTA in pluralistic healthcare systems and recommendations to overcome these challenges. Dr. Michael Drummond will provide an overview of the paper and recommendations. Dr. Federico Augustovski will discuss pluralistic healthcare systems in Latin America. Dr. Shankar Prinja will present on India’s pluralistic healthcare system. Dr. Ahmed Al-Jedai will focus on recent developments in Saudi Arabia and their pluralistic healthcare system. Speakers will then take questions from the audience and reflect on how the recommendations from this paper can help develop better HTA processes within their healthcare systems.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the results of a paper published by the HTA Council.
- Identify ways to overcome some of the major barriers to establishing HTA in pluralistic healthcare systems.
- Provide examples of pluralistic healthcare systems globally.
Speakers:
Jessica Daw, PharmD, MBA, Vice President, Pharmacy, Sentara Health Plans, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Mike Drummond, DPhil, MComm, Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, England, UK
Federico Augustovski, MD, MSc, PhD, Director, Health Economic Evaluations and Technology Assessment, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shankar Prinja, MD, MSc, Professor, Health Economics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
Ahmed Al-Jedai, PharmD, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation (SPIMACO), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Brought to you by: ISPOR HTA Council and ISPOR HTA Roundtable - Middle East and Africa
Please note: On the day of the scheduled webinar, the first 1000 registered participants will be accepted into the webinar. For those who are unable to attend, or would like to review the webinar at a later date, the full-length webinar recording will be made available at the ISPOR Educational Webinar Series webpage approximately 2 days after the scheduled Webinar.