20.500.12556/RUL-147388 Recommendations for patient involvement in health technology assessment in Central and Eastern European countries Introduction: Meaningful patient involvement in health technology assessment (HTA) is essential in ensuring that the interests of the affected patient population, their families, and the general public are accurately reflected in coverage and reimbursement decisions. Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are generally at less advanced stages of implementing HTA, which is particularly true for patient involvement activities. As part of the Horizon2020 HTx project, this research aimed to form recommendations for critical barriers to patient involvement in HTA in CEE countries. Methods: Built on previous research findings on potential barriers, a prioritisation survey was conducted online with CEE stakeholders. Recommendations for prioritised barriers were formed through a face-to-face workshop by CEE stakeholders and HTx experts. Results: A total of 105 stakeholders from 13 CEE countries completed the prioritisation survey and identified 12 of the 22 potential barriers as highly important. The workshop had 36 participants representing 9 CEE countries, and 5 Western European countries coming together to discuss solutions in order to form recommendations based on best practices, real-life experience, and transferability aspects. Stakeholder groups involved in both phases included HTA organisation representatives, payers, patients, caregivers, patient organisation representatives, patient experts, health care providers, academic and non-academic researchers, health care consultants and health technology manufacturers/providers. As a result, 12 recommendations were formed specified to the CEE region’s context, but potentially useful for a broader geographic audience. Conclusion: In this paper, we present 12 recommendations for meaningful, systematic, and sustainable patient involvement in HTA in CEE countries. Our hope is that engaging more than a hundred CEE stakeholders in the study helped to spread awareness of the importance and potential of patient involvement and that the resulting recommendations provide tangible steps for the way forward. Future studies shall focus on country-specific case studies of the implemented recommendations. health technology assessment Europe patient involvement vrednotenje zdravstvenih tehnologij Evropa vključevanje pacientov true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-07-04 10:48:16 2023-07-04 10:48:18 2023-07-05 03:31:18 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 13 str. art. no. 1176200 Vol. 11 Jul. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-07-03 614 2296-2565 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176200 157437699 fpubh-11-1176200_(1).pdf fpubh-11-1176200_(1).pdf 1 91BAF964507F16F32D3DA0A6D222805F e26c65716af57e726b0dc3b954bcb829b3950c0305907b4f3af79fe51dd2a153 a57c1164-1a47-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170947 Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko 0 0 0