MISSION REPORT: FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON HTA STUDIES IN INDONESIA IN AUGUST

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, has been working with the Health Technology Assessment Committee (HTAC), Ministry of Health, Indonesia, since 2014 under the auspices of the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI).

Since then the HTAC has initiated the process for topic selection, supported the HTAC in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodological and process guidelines and completed three HTA studies, namely, the Economic Evaluation of Package of Essential drugs for Non-communicable diseases (PEN) Program in Indonesia, Economic evaluation of treatment of end-stage renal disease and Economic evaluation of treatment for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Indonesia. These studies have increased awareness about priority setting and HTA research in the country.

The year 2017 commenced with the HTAC conducting topic selection independently funded by the Healthcare and Social Security Agency in Indonesia, BPJS Kesehatan (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial); Four prioritized topics were identified for conducting HTA. HITAP visited Indonesia from the 23rd August to 25th August 2017 to appraise progress and provide technical support to the local teams.