INDIRECT COMPARISONS IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Abstract

The article is devoted to evaluating methods of the effectiveness of new drugs, allowing the doctor or the head of the hospital to make the right choice in favor of the application of a medical technology in their activities. The author considers the general issues of methodology for indirect comparison of medical technologies for a new method of synthesis of evidence in decision-making process. An example of its use: indirect comparison of the pegylated interferon to treat hepatitis C.

Keywords

• indirect treatment comparison
• health technology assessment
• hepatitis c
• pegylated interferons