Expert consensus on core indicators for lifecycle value assessment of Chinese patent medicine / 中国中药杂志

The establishment of core indicators for assessment plays an important role in carrying out the lifecycle value assessment of Chinese patent medicine, which are developed based on the concepts such as clinical value oriented, paying attention to the human use experience, and whole process quality control. To this end, the Specialty Committee of Data Monitoring and Decision Making of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies organized experts to draft the Expert Consensus on Core Indicators for Lifecycle Value Assessment of Chinese Patent Medicine based on the research including Chinese Medicine Registration Review Evidence System in Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory, Human Use Experience, and Clinical Trials(GZY-FJS-2022-206) by National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This consensus proposed 92 core indicators from four stages, including new drug R&D project approval, pre-clinical research, new drug marketing authorization, and post-marketing, combining the assessment purposes and needs of different stakeholders from different dimensions such as clinical needs, clinical positioning, human use experience, effectiveness, safety, quality control, innovation, accessibility, and suitability. This consensus also interpreted the indicators to clearly elucidate the core elements of the value assessment of Chinese patent medicine in different R&D stages and guided the stakeholders to identify, analyze, and assess the value of Chinese patent medicine in the R&D and use process based on the core indicators in a scientific, objective, and standardized approach. This consensus is expected to play an important role in the high-quality new drug development, drug pricing and compensation of Chinese patent medicine, the development of clinical pathways, and rational clinical application.

Application of clinical value assessment of treatment protocols in guideline development: taking the WFAS Clinical Practice Guideline of Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Migraine as an example / 中国针灸

To enhance the clinical applicability of guidelines and provide more effective guidance for clinical practice, a clinical value assessment was conducted during the development of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) Clinical Practice Guideline of Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Migraine, which involved the evaluation of 59 acupuncture and moxibustion treatment protocols from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This article introduced the methodology, content and results of the clinical value assessment of RCT-based acupuncture and moxibustion treatment protocols, which involved the integration of historical and contemporary medical evidence and expert consensus. It served as a methodological reference for the future development of acupuncture and moxibustion clinical practice guidelines.

Study of a multicriteria value assessment index system for hospital access of medical consumables / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective:To establish a multicriteria value assessment index system, so as to provide reference for hospitals access of medical consumables.Methods:In May 2021, based on the paper previously published, the expert consultation method was used to finalize the index structure, index definitions and scoring standards, along with an importance grading of the indexes. And the index weights were calculated using the analytical hierarchy process. Then the assessment scale was designed by way of multi-criteria decision analysis and mini-HTA. With the linear cutting stapler used as an example, six clinicians, three hospital administrators and the medical consumable management committee made an empirical analysis and evaluation of its general value. The coefficient of variation and Kendall coefficient of concordance were used to test the consistency of clinicians′ scores.Results:Three rounds of expert consultations finalized an index structure with 4 level-1 and 11 level-2 indexes, and on such basis a multicriteria value assessment index system for hospital access of medical consumables was established. This system comprised the clinician evaluation scale, hospital administrator evaluation scale and medical consumable management committee evaluation scale. The first two of which were used for preliminary screening, and the third for a full-scale, detailed and quantitative evaluation of those selected, hence a decision was made in the end according to the weighted sum of the three scales. This scale system was used to evaluate a foreign brand and a domestic brand of linear cutting staplers, while the former and the latter scored 90.5 and 75.4 respectively. Statistical analysis of the six clinicians found a coefficient of variation CV<0.25, and the Kendall coefficient of concordance W=0.833, proving good consistency of the evaluation criteria and results. Conclusions:The multicriteria value assessment index system proves highly scientific, comprehensive and practicable, serving a good reference for hospitals to build their value-based mechanism to select medical consumables.

3．Value Assessment of Vaccines and Drugs： Learnings from COVID-19 Pandemic / 薬剤疫学

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on all citizens, industries, governments, and academia, and has provided an opportunity to consider the intrinsic value of various resources and activities. The pharmaceutical industries are making a concerted effort to prevent and treat against COVID-19 with rapid research and development to address the emerging need for vaccines and therapeutic drugs for infectious diseases. In terms of HTA, previous guidelines for evaluating the value of vaccines and therapeutics have focused on cost-effectiveness, but the experience of the pandemic has led to the need to consider factors other than cost and utility, which are quantitative evaluations. With the pandemic experience, values that should be considered in addition to the quantitative evaluation of cost and utility were discussed in terms of previously published papers and industry perspectives.

Evaluation of functional departments′ position values at a general hospital in Beijing / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective To assess the relative value of individual positions in the functional departments of a general hospital in Beijing,for reference of improving the salary allocation system and fine management of human resources.Methods The expert consultation method and International Position Evaluation system were used to quantitatively assess the tasks,work difficulty,size of responsibility and the qualifications required for every.Results A total of 38 experts contributed to this research which studied 140 positions including all functional departments of this hospital.The department having the most positions is the finance department(17)and the least is the Youth League committee(1).The position scoring the highest(805)was the director of medical affairs department;that scoring the lowest(263)was the food and beverage service positions of the diet and nutrition department.There was an evident turning point at score 547.Conclusions Functional departments′ position setting of this hospital proves reasonable,and the assessment scoring can reflect the value of the position in related dimensions.The result can be used as reference indexes for the hospital to perfect its human resource management system and improve the remuneration precision.