Universal health coverage, Priority setting and Health Technology Assessment

2022

• Fraser, H, Tombe-Mdewa, W, Kohli-Lynch, C, et al. Costs of seasonal influenza vaccination in South Africa. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2022; 1- 8. doi:10.1111/irv.12987
• Krubiner, C., Barsdorf, N., Goldstein, S., Mosam, A., Potgieter, S., DiStefano, M., . . . Hofman, K. (2022). Developing and Piloting a Context-Specified Ethics Framework for Health Technology Assessment: The South African Values and Ethics for Universal Health Coverage (SAVE-UHC) Approach. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1-27. doi:10.1017/S0266462322000113
• Kohli-Lynch CN, Erzse A, Rayner B, Hofman KJ. Hypertension in the South African public healthcare system: a cost-of-illness and burden of disease study. BMJ Open 2022; 12(2): e055621.

2020

• Introducing health technology assessment in Tanzania. Gavin Surgey, Kalipso Chalkidou, William Reuben, Fatima Suleman, Jacqui Miot, Karen Hofman. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care April 2020

2018

• Strengthening health technology assessment systems in the global south: a comparative analysis of the HTA journeys of China, India and South Africa. Kim MacQuilkan, Peter Baker, Laura Downey, Francis Ruiz, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shankar Prinja, Kun Zhao, Thomas Wilkinson, Amanda Glassman, Karen Hofman. Global Health Action October 2018

2017

• Health Technology Assessment: Global Advocacy and Local Realities Comment on “Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage: We Need Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes, Not Just More Evidence on Cost- Effectiveness”. Kalipso Chakidou, Ryan Li, Anthon y J Culyer, Amanda Glassman, Karen J Hofman, Yot Teerawattananon. International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2017
• Starting with the Essential Medicines List: How New Zealand’s PHARMAC Prioritizes and Purchases Pharmaceutical Benefits. Thomas Wilkinson. What’s In, What’s Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage 2017
• Where from and where to for health technology assessment in South Africa: A legal and policy landscape analysis. Nandi Siegfried, Thomas Wilkinson, Karen Hofman. South African Health Review 2017
• Evidence-informed capacity building for setting health priorities in low- and middle-income countries: A framework and recommendations for further research. Ryan Li, Francis Ruiz, Anthony J Culyer, Kalipso Chalkidou, Karen J Hofman. F1000Research 2017
• Fiscal Instruments for Health in India. Amit Summan, Nicholas Stacey, Karen Hofman, Ramanan Laxminarayan. Disease Control Priorities: Improving Health and Reducing Poverty November 2017
• 'Best buys' for surgery in South Africa. T Wilkinson, M Smith, A Kinghorn, KJ Hofman. South African Medical Journal September 2017
• Economic Evaluation in Ethiopian Healthcare Sector Decision Making: Perception, Practice and Barriers. Elias Asfaw Zegeye, Josue Mbonigaba, Sylvia Blanche Kaye, Thomas Wilkinson. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy February 2017

2016

• The International Decision Support Initiative Reference Case for Economic Evaluation: An Aid to Thought. Thomas Wilkinson, Mark J Sculpher, Karl Claxton, Paul Revill, Andrew Briggs, John A Cairns, Yot Teerawattananon, Elias Asfaw. Value in Health December 2016
• Priority setting, equitable access and public involvement in health care. Albert Weale, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Aviva Tugendhaft, Emma Tumilty, Krisantha Weerasuriya, Jennifer A Whitty. Journal of Health Organisation and Management August 2016
• Priority setting for achieving universal health coverage. Kalipso Chalkidou, Amanda Glassman, Robert Marten, Jeanette Vega, Yot Teerawattananon, Nattha Tritasavit, Marttha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Andreas Seiter, Marie Paule Kieny, Karen Hofman, Anthony J Culyer. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation February 2016
• National Health Insurance in South Africa: Relevance of a national priority-setting agency. Karen J Hofman, Shelley McGee, Kalipso Chalkidou, Sripen Tantivess, Anthony J Culyer. South African Medical Journal September 2015
• Strategic planning for saving the lives of mothers, newborns and children and preventing stillbirths in KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa: modelling using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). Shelly-Ann McGee, Lumbwe Chola, Aviva Tugendhaft, Victoria Mubaiwa, Neil Moran, Neil McKerrow, Leonard Kamugisha, Karen Hofman. BMC Public Health January 2016

2014

• We need better value from every rand we spend on healthcare in South Africa. Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. BusinessLIVE December 2014
• Non-communicable diseases in South Africa: A challenge to economic development. Karen Hofman. South African Medical Journal October 2014

2011

• Non-Communicable Diseases: reframing the conversation on health. K Hofman, M Maredza, M Bertram, S Tollman. Public Health Association of South Africa November 2011
• Diseases that are just as serious as HIV/AIDS. K Hofman, S Tollman. Business Day September 2011

2010

• Cost-effective analysis for priority-setting in South Africa - what are the possibilities? Jane Doherty. South African Medical Journal December 2010
• Can disease control priorities improve health systems performance in South Africa? LC Rispel, P Barron. South African Medical Journal December 2010.
• Setting priorities for health in 21st century South Africa. Karen J Hofman, Stephen M Tollman. South African Medical Journal December 2010
• Strengthening capacity for local decision making. Karen Hofman, StephenTollman. BMJ July 2010
• Setting priorities for health spending in South Africa. Michael Cherry. South African Journal of Science, January 2010