Hospital Staff Perspectives Towards Health Technology Assessment: Data From a Multidisciplinary Survey

Technology adoption in a hospital setting is usually based on considerations that include cost effectiveness analysis, feasibility, expedience, potential success and profitability. Different countries have embraced a range of principles and involved stakeholders in order to accomplish an effective comprehensive process of HTA. The current study analysed the viewpoints of technology-oriented hospital staff members toward the main aspects integrated in HTA. The data revealed that the relative weight varies among different hospital staff, according to their personal characteristics and professional standpoints. An amalgam of vectors, such as scientific, educational, cultural and managerial, merge to play a role in prioritizing the adoption of new technologies in a world of scarce resources.