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POLICY BRIEF article

Front. Health Serv.

Sec. Cost and Resource Allocation

Volume 5 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1662561

This article is part of the Research TopicMind the Gap: Addressing global healthcare challenges through equitable Healthcare technologiesView all 4 articles

Health Technology Assessment Infrastructure for Emirates Health Services: A Phased Framework

Provisionally accepted
Suad HannawiSuad Hannawi1*Rita OjeilRita Ojeil2Abdalla AlnaqbiAbdalla Alnaqbi1Khadija AlmarshoodiKhadija Almarshoodi1Essam AlzaaroniEssam Alzaaroni1Abdulaziz AlzaaroniAbdulaziz Alzaaroni1Noor AlmoheiriNoor Almoheiri1Sondos Al-SalmiSondos Al-Salmi3Haifa HannawiHaifa Hannawi1Maria Al-SalmiMaria Al-Salmi4Sabaa Saleh Al-HemyariSabaa Saleh Al-Hemyari1
  • 1Emirates Health Services (EHS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 2CareXso, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 3Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 4The College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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This policy brief presents a structured, phased framework to establish Health Technology Assessment (HTA) within Emirates Health Services (EHS), promoting evidence-based decision-making and optimizing healthcare delivery. The model emphasizes capacity building, stakeholder engagement, and transparency to enhance patient outcomes and ensure financial sustainability. It follows four phases: Phase 0 (strategy alignment, stakeholder mapping), Phase 1 (budget impact and disease burden analysis), Phase 2 (managed entry agreements, multi-criteria decision analysis), and Phase 3 (full HTA adoption with performance metrics). Key methodologies include budget impact modeling, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analysis. Evidence is drawn from registries, clinical databases, and pharmacoeconomic studies. The framework offers a scalable and sustainable roadmap for HTA in the UAE, supporting efficient technology integration, optimal.....(refer to manuscript for full abstract).

Keywords: Health Technology Assessment, Impact analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Managed EntryAgreements, Multi-criteria Decision Analysis, value-based healthcare, United Arab Emirates

Received: 06 Aug 2025; Accepted: 01 Oct 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Hannawi, Ojeil, Alnaqbi, Almarshoodi, Alzaaroni, Alzaaroni, Almoheiri, Al-Salmi, Hannawi, Al-Salmi and Al-Hemyari. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Suad Hannawi, suadhannawiehs@gmail.com

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