Hospital-based HTA nuclei and Drug and Therapeutics Committee in University Hospitals: organization and articulation

• Autor(a) principal: Heleno de Souza Stopatto, Denise
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Tavares Silva Elias, Flávia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/41198
• topic: University Hospitals; Biomedical Technology Assessment; Drug and Therapeutics Committee; Hospitais universitários; Avaliação da Tecnologia Biomédica; Comitê de Farmácia e Terapêutica

Introduction: The hospital-based HTA nuclei in teaching hospitals and their interaction with the Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC), can be an important strategy for strengthening HTA in the hospital environment. However, this relationship is not well known. Objective: To analyse NATS and DTC work processes that has been established in Federal University Hospitals administrated by Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares - Ebserh (The Brazilian Company of Hospital Services), identifying how they are organized, possible interfaces and difficulties and points of articulation between them. Methods: This is an exploratory qualitative research involving multiple-case study. Hospital units were selected by applying some inclusion criteria. The data were collected from document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key informants from both groups. Results: The results showed an overview about how the NATS and CFT are organized and structured, identificating different levels of articulation between them, with three of eight hospitals considered of high level. Among the challenges were pointed out the lack of human resources availability, administrative structure or physical space and training. Conclusion: This study contributes to the institutional knowledge for guiding actions to improve and strengthen the HTA culture at the hospital level.