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Healthcare Databases in Thailand and Japan: Potential Sources for Health Technology Assessment Research

Saokaew S 1 , Sugimoto T 2 , Kamae I 3 , Pratoomsoot C 4 , Chaiyakunapruk N 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Center of Health Outcomes Research and Therapeutic Safety (Cohorts), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand
  • 2 Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 3 The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Tokyo, Japan
  • 4 Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
  • 5 Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CPOR), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
PLoS One, 2015;10(11):e0141993.
PMID: 26560127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141993

Abstract

Health technology assessment (HTA) has been continuously used for value-based healthcare decisions over the last decade. Healthcare databases represent an important source of information for HTA, which has seen a surge in use in Western countries. Although HTA agencies have been established in Asia-Pacific region, application and understanding of healthcare databases for HTA is rather limited. Thus, we reviewed existing databases to assess their potential for HTA in Thailand where HTA has been used officially and Japan where HTA is going to be officially introduced.

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