First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

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Morten Hjulsager
Prof. Morten Hjulsager
Head of Department,Monitoring & Health
Technology Assessment
National Board of Health, Denmark
The presentation will focus on economic evaluation
in dealing with broader analysis of pain
treatment. This is done through
1) Discussing the role of health technology
assessment (HTA) as a methodological
framework for analysis
2) Presenting two Danish cases of HTA in the
area of pain treatment.
Health technology assessment (HTA) is a systematic,
research-based approach to analysing
specific technologies. A primary strength of
HTA is the broad approach. The analyses encompass
four very different key elements of:
technology, patient, organisation and economy.
In that sense HTA is based on several scientific
disciplines which enable the synthesis to reflect
more sides to the issue at hand.
The presentation includes two specific cases
of HTA dealing with the subject ‘pain’. An HTA
on the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at Herlev
University Hospital which has offered a cognitive-behavioural
group treatment (called Pain
School) to patients with chronic non-malignant
pain. And an HTA on postoperative pain treatment
after outpatient foot surgery.
Morten Hjulsager has a master in economics,
and works in the Danish National Board of
Health. Head of department since 2001, currently
with responsibility for health monitorering
and health technology assessment. This includes
quality measurement, evaluations and
technology assessments of health policy issues.
Mr. Hjulsager has worked intensively with
documentation in the health care sector, earlier
with responsibility for the Danish national health
registries. Mr. Hjulsager is also an associated
professor at the University of Copenhagen, department
of Economics.