Symposium: Using Economic Evaluation in Decision Making; Festakt: Wechsel der Geschäftsführung

The event on March 17th, 2025, at Palais Strozzi in Vienna is a combination of a symposium and a celebratory event. The symposium focuses on economic evaluation in the decision-making processes in the healthcare system, covering topics such as principles of economic evaluation, equity and environmental considerations, and practical approaches from different countries. The program also includes a panel discussion and will also serve as a valuable impulse generator and kick-off for the development of a guideline for health economic evaluation in Austria.

The day concludes with a formal ceremony marking the change of management at HTA Austria - Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA), followed by a buffet and drinks.
 

 Dr. Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss (Director AIHTA, AT)

Introductory words to the symposium

Slides of the sessions:

 Christoph Strohmaier, MSc (AIHTA, AT)

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Economic Evaluation and Reference Values: Conceptual Bases and International Approaches

 Univ.-Prof. DDr. med. Judit Simon (MedUni Vienna, AT)

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Cost and Outcome Data Requirements for High-Quality Economic Evaluations in Austria

 

 

 Joost Enzing, PhD (Zorginstituut Nederland , NL)

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Making Opportunity Costs Visible: The Netherlands’ Opportunity Cost Calculator

 

 

 Dr. PH Nadja Chernyak (University of Düsseldorf, DE)

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Economic Evaluation of Complex Interventions

 

 Prof. Dr. Angela Bate (Northumbria University, UK)

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Let’s get REAL: The Utility of Realist Economic Evaluation in Health and Social Care Decision-Making 

 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Janina Kehr (University of Vienna, AT)

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Integrating Environmental Impact into Economic Evaluation

 

 Prof. Dr. Wolf Rogowski (University of Bremen, DE)

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Distributional CEA: Making Health Inequality Count in HTA (slides on request)

 

 Prof. Richard Cookson, BA (University of York, UK)

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Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Making Health Inequality Count in Health Technology Assessment