Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment

12:10 pm

Dr. Máirín Ryan:

It is difficult. There are some aspects that are common and there can often be commonalities in the model. The information in respect of the clinical effectiveness is based on the international literature base, which is generally common, although sometimes one has to tweak it for one's own population. However, on the costs of health care systems, the main difference comes into play because they are organised differently in different countries.