- Research Projects
- Synopsis of current research projects
Synopsis of current research projects
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Reimbursement decisions for medical procedures in Austria: An analysis of factors – besides clinical evidence – influencing reimbursement decisions for the hospital benefit catalogue 2010-2020
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Goetz
Duration: September 2020 – November 2020
Language: English (with German summary)
Oncology, Prevention and screening, Health economics
Lung cancer screening in risk groups Systematic review(s) of effectiveness and utility (Part 1) Costs and budgetary consequences (Part 2)
Project leaders: Claudia Wild (Part 1), Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss (Part 2)
Project team:
- Thomas Semlitsch (IAVEM) & EUnetHTA partners (IQWIG, potentially others) (Part 1)
- Christan Böhler, Sarah Wolf (Part 2)
Duration: May 2020 to November 2020
Language: English with German summary
High tech medicine, European collaboration
Minimally invasive surgical procedures for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Project leaders: Judit Erdös
Project team: Judit Erdös
& EUnetHTA partners (RER, VASPVT, SNHTA, Azienda Zero)
Duration: May 2020 to January 2021
Language: English with German summary
Prevention and screening, Health economics
Molecular genetic diagnostics as a triage mechanism in cardiology using the example of familial hypercholesterolemia: Organisational and ethical implications (part 1) and economic effects (part 2)
Project team: Melanie Walter, Christoph Strohmaier
Project lead: Melanie Walter (part 1), Christoph Strohmaier (part 2)
Duration: May 2020 to October 2020
Language: English (with German summary)
Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Home treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry: An analysis of effectiveness and integrated care
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf, Nicole Grössmann
Duration: April 2020 - November 2020
Language: German
High tech medicine
Exoskeletons and functional electrical stimulation (FES) for stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review of effectiveness and safety
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Goetz, Melanie Walter
Duration: April 2020 – August 2020
Language: English (with German summary)
High tech medicine
HSS/ Horizon Scanning for Covid19
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: All employees of the AIHTA
Coordination (vaccinations): Gregor Götz
Coordination (drugs): Sarah Wolf
Duration: March 2020 – open
Language: English and German
Publication: Policy Brief No. 002: http://eprints.aihta.at/1234/
Health economics
ThemenCheck Medizin (IQWIG): Depression in children and adolescents - Does psychotherapy lead to better results compared to other therapies? (HT19-04) (Health Economics and Ethics)
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Michal Stanak, Christoph Strohmaier
Duration: January 2020 – September 2020
Language: German
In co-operation with: Department for Evidence Based Medicine / DUK
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2020
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2019– März 2020
Psychological & psychiatric interventions
‘How to raise the village to raise the child?’ Supporting children with mentally ill parents in Austria (short title: ‘village’)
Principal investigator: Jean Paul (Ludwig Boltzmann Society, Medical University Innsbruck)
Project leader at AIHTA (lead of work package ‘co-development’): Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team at AIHTA: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project partners: Melinda Goodyear (Monash University Melbourne); Annette Bauer (London School of Economics), Hanna Christiansen (Philipps University Marburg), Ingunn Olea Lund (Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Batool Fatima (Aga Khan University Karachi)
Duration: February 2018 – January 2022
Language: English and German
