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Current topics
The DAHTA commissions external specialists with the task of preparing HTA reports. Here you will find topics currently being handled and estimated publication dates for the reports. (Sort by: prevention/screening, diagnosis, therapy/rehabilitation, methodology/other and nursing).
| Prevention/screening | Provisional publication date |
|---|---|
| Description and evaluation of specialist care of nursing home inhabitants | January 2013 |
| Alternative methods of treatment for menopause sufferers | April 2012 |
| Which prevention measures for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are effective and efficient in which setting? What is the cost-effectiveness? What ethical, social and legal aspects must be taken into consideration? | May 2012 |
| Federal structures of the prevention of alcohol misuse among children and youths | May 2012 |
| Which options has primary prevention depending on different forms of eating disorders in practice? How effective are they? How is the cost-benefit-relation? | March 2013 |
| Are fissure sealings of the resting large side teeth (molars) an effective and cost-effective caries prophylaxis among children and youths with high caries risk? Which ethical, social and juridical aspects have to be considered? | March 2013 |
| Diagnosis | Provisional publication date |
|---|
| Therapy/rehabilitation | Provisional publication date |
|---|---|
| Bone substitute material in traumatology | May 2012 |
| Cement-free versus cemented (and partially cemented) endoprosthesis: which form of therapy is the most successful and cost-effective? What effects does this have on the German health system? What ethical, social and legal aspects must be taken into consideration? | July 2012 |
| What operation steps in terms of a primary sectio lead to which direct and indirect costs or cost savings? Would a change to compensation for spontaneous births and planned Caesarean sections (e.g. settlement using a time factor during support in childbirth) lead to a reduction in sections (currently on the increase)? What ethical, social and legal aspects must be taken into consideration? | August 2012 |
| What is the clinical effectiveness of Minocyclin/Rifampicin-impregnated central venous catheters with reference to the prevention of bloodstream infections in patients in intensive care? What cost savings are associated with this treatment? What ethical, social and legal aspects must be taken into consideration? | July 2012 |
| Cost-effectiveness of in-patient and out-patient geriatric rehabilitation, taking into account patient-related benefits in Germany, and international comparison | August 2012 |
| Therapy for burnout syndrome | May 2012 |
| Efficiency and effectiveness of psychological, psychiatric, social and complimentary medical interventions with cry babies (e. g. regulative disorders) in crying ambulances | July 2012 |
| Which diets do support to lose weight and to keep it? How is the cost-effectiveness of different diets? Which ethical, social and juridical aspects have to be considered? | January 2013 |
| How is the efficiency of the acute pain therapy on operative and conservative wards? How is the cost-benefit-effectiveness? Which ethical, social and juridical aspects have to be considered? | January 2013 |
| How effective are minimal invasive procedures versus other methods of lung volume reduction with pulmonary emphysema? How have to be evaluated the health economic effects as well as the ethical and juridical aspects? | April 2013 |
| Methodology and others | Provisional publication date |
|---|---|
| In terms of out-patient care, can a continuous, retraceable, cost-neutral measurement be performed according to EU laws as to the extent to which the quality of care for out-patient rheumatism sufferers in a defined region (on a city, district, regional or provincial level) meets the care requirements as per §70 of the SGB V? What indicators or criteria are important? What ethical, social and legal aspects must be taken into consideration? | September 2012 |
| What measures for the health behaviour of men are effective (vulnerable groups and socially deprived)? | August 2012 |
| Nursing | Provisional publication date |
|---|---|
| Which instruments are used to assess expert standards in the central risk areas of nursing? Are the determined results vulnerable and reliable? How are the sensitivity and the specifity of the instruments? Is the quality of nursing in the different settings optimised by the assessment? Which ethical, social and juridical aspects have to be considered? | August 2012 |
| How can be realistically judged the individually required nursing? Are the resulting nursing investment and the for it necessary services of the care givers and the providers appropriate and quality assured? Are the quality assurance systems appropriate to fulfil the demands of care in Germany? Which health economic, social and legal determining factors have to be considered? | February 2013 |
| How effective is ergotherapy in the treatment of humans with moderate or severe dementia? How is the cost-benefit-aspect? Which ethical, social and legal aspects have to be considered? | December 2012 |
