The passage of the UHC Law in 2019 mandated the creation of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HTA roadmap has met delays as it has been mainly concerned with the assessment of COVID-related technology. With the changing demands, this study reviewed and reassessed HTA policies and end-user outcomes. Moving forward, the HTA must work through inadequate local data, adopting international best practices, increasing human resources, and transitioning to essential medicines and technologies for high-burden diseases. 

Link: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publication/discussion-papers/an-outcome-evaluation-of-the-philippine-health-technology-assessment-program