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  • Health Services Research
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Health Economics

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  • Publicly funded health systems face challenges in optimizing health technology delivery to maximize patient outcomes within resource limitations.
  • Policy decisions require balancing patient outcomes, system costs, and geographical variations in service accessibility.
  • Conditions with time-dependent treatment outcomes necessitate careful consideration of the trade-offs between clinical efficacy and economic efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a conceptual framework for determining optimal health technology delivery strategies.
  • To address policy questions regarding the integration of system values and the management of outcome-cost trade-offs.
  • To develop a health technology optimization framework considering geographical variations and resource allocation.

Main Methods:

  • A health technology optimization framework was developed using pairwise comparison of all possible delivery strategies.
  • Controlled variables included disease epidemiology, access to care, treatment eligibility, efficacy, and costs.
  • The framework was applied to a health technology assessment of endovascular therapy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke.

Main Results:

  • The optimization framework produced a map of optimal strategies for EVT delivery, considering geographical location and decision-maker preferences.
  • The optimal strategy maximized patient outcomes while minimizing health system costs.
  • In the case study, clinically optimal EVT delivery strategies were also the most cost-effective, with no observed trade-offs.

Conclusions:

  • The health technology optimization approach provides a valuable tool for informing implementation decisions for complex health services.
  • The framework supports efficient allocation of health resources by mapping optimal delivery strategies.
  • This method is effective for coordinating the delivery of health technologies like endovascular therapy, ensuring both clinical and economic efficiency.