Adaptation of new health technology assessment methodology for the Hospital of Lithuanian University or Health Sciences Kauno klinikos

Health technology assessment (further HTA) is important in the hospital level, where decision-makers have to make decisions related to the new health technologies (further HT). One of the assessment methods used for the hospital level is a mini-HTA. Sampietro-Colom et al. using the mini-HTA, described the decision-making support tool in which values and risks of competing HT was identified. Aim of the study: to adapt decision-making support tool, choosing a new HT after evaluation mini-HTA for the Hospital of Lithuanian University Of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos (further Hospital of LUHS Kauno klinikos) Methods: there was used two new technologies mini-HTA. For the HT value and risk component were assigned score: high, equal, not assesed, low. There was made a survey between the administration representative N=6 and the profiled clinics head managers N=33 for the Hospital of LUHS Kauno klinikos. Respondents were asked to attributed the weight to each of the component. In the groups a weight median were compared using Mann-Withney U test, the difference was considered significant when p