- Research Projects
- Synopsis of completed research projects
Synopsis of completed research projects
High tech medicine
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2019
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2018– März 2019
Prevention and screening
Evaluation methods for benefit assessment of easily accessible outpatient health centres for vulnerable groups - Focus: homeless and uninsured persons
Project leaders: Inanna Reinsperger
Project team: Inanna Reinsperger
Duration: November 2018 – March 2019
Topic submitted by: „neunerhaus“, Wien
Language: German
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 114: https://eprints.aihta.at/1195/
Health economics
ThemenCheck Medizin: Winter Depression – Do non-pharmaceutical procedures such as light therapy and vitamin therapy lead to superior outcomes? (Health Economics and Ethics)
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Christoph Strohmaier
Duration: October 2018 – March 2020
Suggested by (resp. Principal): Co-operation with Donau-Universität Krems (DUK) (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care/IQWiG, Cologne)
Language: German
Publication: IQWiG ThemenCheck Medizin (HTA Report)
High tech medicine, HTA-methods & steering instruments
Technology Forecast: advanced therapies in late clinical research, EMA approval or clinical application via hospital exemption
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Eder
Duration: August 2018 – November 2018
Language: English
Publication: Article
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Public & philanthropic financial contribution to the development of new drugs 1: Methodology & 3 Case Studies
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Louise Schmidt
Duration: February 2019 - May 2019
Language: English
Publications:
LBI-HTA Project report No. 120: https://eprints.aihta.at/1214/
Schmidt L, Wild C (2020): Assessing the public and philanthropic financial contribution to the development of new drugs: a bibliographic analysis. Science, Technology & Public Policy (STPP), 4 (1): 8-14.
High tech medicine
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) therapy as prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients at risk - Update 2018
Project team: Gregor Goetz
Project leaders: Tom Jefferson, Claudia Wild
Project team: Emilio Chiarolla, Massimiliano Orso, Gregor Goetz, Michal Stanak
This project will be conducted collaboratively with the Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS).
Duration: July 2018 – November 2018
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states in Austria
Language: English (Executive summary in German)
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 103/Update 2018: https://eprints.aihta.at/1186
High tech medicine
Natalizumab as treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review
Duration: June 2018 – September 2018
Language: English
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 112: https://eprints.aihta.at/1190/
Health economics
Drug pricing and reimbursement in the inpatient sector in Austria: Approaches for a transparent and evidence-based process taking into account international experience
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf, Claudia Wild
Duration: April 2018 – November 2018
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states
Language: German (with English abstract)
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 109: https://eprints.aihta.at/1183
High tech medicine
Robot-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety in thoracic and visceral surgery
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Louise Schmidt (Joanneum Research)
& Anna Cavazzana
Duration: May 2018 – February 2019
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 108: https://eprints.aihta.at/1198/
High tech medicine
Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide in dentistry
Duration: April 2018 – November 2018
Topic submitted by: Federation of Austrian Social Security Institutions
Language: German
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 105: https://eprints.aihta.at/1182/
