Marilia Mastrocolla de Almeida Cardoso, Juliana Machado-Rugolo, Lehana Thabane, Naila Camila da Rocha, Abner Mácula Pacheco Barbosa, Denis Satoshi Komoda, Juliana Tereza Coneglian de Almeida, Daniel da Silva Pereira Curado, Silke Anna Theresa Weber, Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade
INTRODUCTION: Health technology assessment (HTA) plays a vital role in healthcare decision-making globally, necessitating the identification of key factors impacting evaluation outcomes due to the significant workload faced by HTA agencies. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to predict the approval status of evaluations conducted by the Brazilian Committee for Health Technology Incorporation (CONITEC) using natural language processing (NLP). METHODS: Data encompassing CONITEC's official report summaries from 2012 to 2022...
April 12, 2024: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care