Non-EDP publications

2022

  • Gert Jan van der Wilt, Bart Bloemen, John Grin, Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Laura Sampietro-Colom, Pietro Refolo, Dario Sacchini, Bjørn Hofmann, Lars Sandman, Wija Oortwijn. Integrating empirical analysis and normative inquiry in health technology assessment: the values in doing assessments of health technologies approach. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2022;38(1):e52. doi: 10.1017/S0266462321001768
  • Vassall, Anna; Sweeney, Sedona; Barasa, Edwine; Prinja, Shankar; Keogh-Brown, Marcus R; Tarp Jensen, Henning; Smith, Richard; Baltussen, Rob; M Eggo, Rosalind; Jit, Mark. Integrating economic and health evidence to inform Covid-19 policy in low- and middle- income countries. Wellcome Open Research 2022;5:272. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16380.1
  • Gert Jan van der Wilt, Wija Oortwijn, on behalf of the VALIDATE-HTA Consortium (2022). Health technology assessment: A matter of facts and values. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2022;38(1):e53:1-2. doi: 10.1017/S026646232200010100
  • Oortwijn W, Husereau D, Abelson J, Barasa E, Bayani D, Canuto V et al. Designing and Implementing Deliberative Processes for Health Technology Assessment – a good practices report of a joint HTAi/ISPOR task force. Value Health 2022 Jun;25(6):869-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.03.018.
  • Oortwijn, W., & Sampietro-Colom, L. (Eds.). The VALIDATE handbook: an approach on the integration of values in doing assessments of health technologies. Version 2.0. DOI: 10.54195/CKHB1659.  - Radboud University Press, 2022.
  • Jip Janssen, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Annelie Monnier, Martha Ali Abdulai, Theresa Tawiah, Heiman Wertheim, Rob Baltussen, Kwaku Poku Asante. Exploring the economic impact of inappropriate antibiotic use: the case of upper respiratory tract infections in Ghana. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2022;11:53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01096-w
  • John Grin, Bart Bloemen, Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Laura Sampietro-Colom, Pietro Refolo, Dario Sacchini, Bjørn Hofmann, Lars Sandman, Wija Oortwijn, Gert Jan van der Wilt. Learning and practicing more value-reflective, problem-setting health technology assessment: experiences and lessons from the VALIDATE project. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2022;38(1):e63. doi: 10.1017/S0266462322000204.
  • Pietro Refolo, Dario Sacchini, Bjørn Hofmann, Lars Sandman, Wija Oortwijn, Gert Jan van der Wilt, Bart Bloemen, John Grin, Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Laura Sampietro-Colom. Prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination: the added value of the “VALIDATE” approach. Health Policy. 2022;126(8):770-6.
  • O'Rourke B, Oortwijn W, Schuller T. Response to redefining health technology assessment: a comment on “The new definition of health technology assessment: a milestone in international collaboration”. Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 2022:38(1),e55:1–2. doi: 10.1017/S0266462322000344
  • Ifeanyichi M, Broekhuizen H, Adinan Juma, Kondo Chilonga, Edward Kataika, Jakub Gajewski, Ruairí Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers. Economic cost of providing district- and regional-level surgeries in Tanzania. Int H Health Pol Manag. 2022,11(7):1120-31. Doi 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.09
  • Judith Munthali, Chiara Pittalis, Leon Bijlmakers, John Kachimba, Mweene Cheelo, Ruairi Brugha, Jakub Gajewski. Challenges in introducing innovation. Barriers and enablers to the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2022;22:894. Doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08257-y
  • Zhang M, Gajewski G, Pittalis C, Shrime M, Broekhuizen H, Ifeanyichi M, Clarke M, Borgstein E, Lavy C, Drury G, Juma A, Mkandawire N, Mwapasa G, Kachimba J, Cheelo M, Mbambiko M, Chilonga K, Bijlmakers L, Brugha R. Surgical capacity, productivity and efficiency at the district level in sub-Saharan Africa – a three-country study. PLoS ONE 2012;17(11): e0278212. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0278212
  • Pittalis C, Brugha R, Bijlmakers L, Cunningham F, Mwapasa G, Clarke M, Broekhuizen H, Ifeanyichi MI, Borgstein E, Gajewski J. Using network and complexity theories to understand the functionality of referral systems for surgical patients in resource-limited settings, the case of Malawi. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(11):2502-13. Doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.175
  • Broekhuizen H, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Gerald Mwapasa, Chiara Pittalis, Patrick Noah, Nyengo Mkwandawire, Erik Borgstein, Ruairi Brugha, Jakub Gajewski, Leon Bijlmakers. Improving access to surgery through surgical team mentoring – policy lessons from group model building with local stakeholders in Malawi. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(9):1744-55. Doi 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.78

2021

  • Bloemen B, Jansen M, Rijke W, Oortwijn W, van der Wilt GJ. Mixed claims in Health Technology Assessment: The case of non-invasive prenatal testing. Soc Sci Med. 2021;270:113689 
  • Brian Godman, Andrew Hill, Steven Simoens, Gisbert Selke, Iva Selke Krulichová, Carolina Zampirolli Dias, Antony P Martin, Wija Oortwijn, et al. Potential approaches for the pricing of cancer medicines across Europe to enhance the sustainability of healthcare systems and the implications. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon  Outcomes Res. 2021;21(4):527-40.
  • Clarke M, Pittalis C, Borgstein E, Bijlmakers L, Cheelo M, Ifeanyichi M, Mwapasa G, Juma A, Drury G, Lavy C, Kachimba J, Broekhuizen H, Mkandawire N, Chilongo K, Brugha, R, Gajewski J. Surgical service monitoring and quality control systems at district hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia – a mixed-methods study. BMJ Quality & Safety 2021;0-1-11. Doi 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012751 
  • Ifeanyichi M, Broekhuizen H, Cheelo M, Juma A, Mwapasa G, Borgstein E, Kachimba J, Gajewski J, Brugha R, Pittalis C, Bijlmakers L. Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa – Financial costs and coping strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. BMC Health Services Research 2021;21(728).  Doi 10.1186/s12913-021-06709-5
  • Ifeanyichi M, Gajewski J, Baltussen R, Borgstein E, Kachimba J, Brugha R, Bijlmakers L. Covid-19 pandemic: Revisiting the case for a dedicated financing mechanism for surgical care in resource-poor countries – Viewpoint article. J Glob Health 2021;11:03090. Doi 10.7189/jogh.11.03090
  • Henk Broekhuizen, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Mweene Cheelo, Grace Drury, Chiara Pittalis, Etiënne Rouwette, Michael Mbambiko, John Kachimba, Ruairí Brugha, Jakub Gajewski, Leon Bijlmakers. Options for surgical mentoring: lessons from Zambia based on stakeholder consultation and systems science.   PLoS ONE 2021;16(9): e0257597. Doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0257597
  • Ifeanyichi M, Aune E, Shrime M, Gajewski J, Pittalis C, Kachimba J, Borgstein E, Brugha R, Baltussen R, Bijlmakers L: Financing of surgery and anaesthesia in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. BMJ Open 2021;11:e051617. Doi 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051617
  • Gajewski J, Zhang M, Bijlmakers L, Pittalis C, Borgstein E, Mwapasa G, Kachimba J, Cheelo M, Waterman K, Brugha R. Rates of surgical deaths and infections at district hospitals in Malawi and Zambia, a prospective multi-centre cohort study. BMJ Open 2021(11):e049126. Doi  10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049126
  • Angelis A, Baltussen R, and Tervonen T. The Need for Novel Approaches in Assessing the Value of COVID-19 Vaccines. American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): pp. 205-208.
  • Mueller D, Gutierrez-Ibarluzea I, Chiumente M, Oortwijn W. Towards a common understanding of competencies for HTA: Enhancing educational and training programs around the globe. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2021 37, e29, 1–10.

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