- Research areas
- Health economics
Health economics
AIHTA health economic projects address issues of efficient resource use focussing on benefit and safety for patients. The analyses are intended to provide sound evidence for health policy decisions by considering economic conditions, most importantly limited resources.
Research projects
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)
Minimum Volume Standards in Day and Ambulatory Surgery
Project leaders: Christoph Strohmaier
Project team: Christoph Strohmaier
Duration: April 2019 -November 2019
Suggested by: The Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions (HVB)
Language: English (with German summary)
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
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement in Austria (Part II): Data analysis
Project leaders: Martin Robausch
Project team: Martin Robausch, Robert Emprechtinger
Duration: Mai 2017 – November 2017
On behalf of the Federal States
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 95b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1141/
Transthoracic Echocardiography: Use in Austria and Guideline recommendations for appropriate use
Project leaders: Robert Emprechtinger
Project team: Robert Emprechtinger, Martin Robausch
Duration: May 2017 – November 2017
On behalf of the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions
Publikation: LBI-HTA Projektbericht Nr. 98: https://eprints.aihta.at/1158/
"Social Return On Investment“ for Child and Adolescence Health – Outcomes, Methods and Economic Parameters
Suggested by: Main Association of the Austrian Social Security Institutions
Duration: April 2017 – November 2017
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 95b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1142/
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (Part I): A systematic review of economic evaluations
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf
Project support: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: May 2017 – September 2017
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states
Publication: LBI-HTA Projektbericht No. 95: https://eprints.aihta.at/1139
Re-orientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part XII: Economic evaluation of selected screenings during pregnancy
& Anna Novelli
Duration: August - November 2016
Suggested by: Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women
Publication: HTA-Project report No. 91: https://eprints.aihta.at/1112/
Robotic-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety for elected indications and accumulating costs
Duration: May 2015 – November 2015
Publication: LBI-HTA Projektbericht No. 84: https://eprints.aihta.at/1077/
Vasoprotectives: Efficacy and safety of capillary stabilising agents for venous insufficiency or haemorrhoids
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: May 2014 – December 2014
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report. 79:https://eprints.aihta.at/1047/
