AIHTA commenced operations in March 2020 as the successor organisation to the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA). Together with its predecessor institution, AIHTA now draws on 20 years of experience in the scientific assessment of health technologies.
In accordance with its Articles of Association, AIHTA aims to provide independent, transparent and interdisciplinary scientific support to policymakers and administrators within the Austrian healthcare system. Its research activities are conducted on a non-profit basis, and the organisation exclusively and directly pursues charitable objectives in the public interest.
As of 2025, AIHTA has an annual budget of EUR 2,487,180, which is funded primarily by its eleven shareholders: the Austrian Social Insurance Federation (DVSV), Austria’s nine federal provinces and their health funds, and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (BMSGPK). In addition, EUR 147,035 in external funding was secured through national and European research projects.
AIHTA currently employs 30 staff members (equivalent to 26.35 full-time equivalents), of whom 80 per cent are engaged in scientific research activities.