0202311290631

Australian Federal Department of Health appraisal of ‘Genetic testing for diagnosis of inheritable cardiac rhythm disorders (1598) Description: The Australian Government uses health technology assessments (HTAs) to inform decisions about health technologies, including and which ones qualify for Australian Government subsidy. A number of committees are involved in the decision making process, including the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), which appraises applications for public funding of medical services, health technologies and health programs. This report describes the process of appraisal for item 1598 'Genetic testing for diagnosis of inheritable cardiac rhythm disorders'
STARDIT ID: 0202311290631

Dates

State completed
Start 2019-12-05
End 2020-11-26
Form updated 2024-11-12

Report authors

Jack Nunn
0000-0003-0316-3254
Main report author

Location

Australia

URL

web.archive.org/web/20231129061721/http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1598-public

Other IDs

MSAC Item number: 1598

Aims

inform decisions about health technologies

appraises applications for public funding of medical services, health technologies and health programs

Keywords

inheritable cardiac rhythm disorders

Genetic testing

health technology assessment

Category

health technology assessment

Inputs

group of individuals

Department of Health Staff (link)

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Task: Receive and process applications, conduct targeted consultation and public consultation
Method: the completed application form is published on the MSAC website, along with a consultation survey form. Individuals or organisations with an interest in the application, including lived experience of the health conditions and/or treatment that the application is addressing, are able to provide input. This can be by submitting a completed consultation survey form, or via other means, such as an email or letter.
Communication: Webpage, online form

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STARDIT report about MSAC: https://stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/0202411110603

group of individuals

PICO Advisory Sub-committee (PASC) (link)

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Task: The PICO Advisory Sub-committee (PASC) is a standing sub-committee of MSAC with membership to include decision analysis, health economics, epidemiology, public health, consumer and clinical expertise. Its focus is on the task of confirming the population, intervention, prior test, comparator and outcomes (PICO/PPICO) of the application’s proposed medical service. This in turn informs the construction of the decision analytic for the economic evaluation that is subsequently conducted during the assessment stage of the process.
Compensation: paid

group of individuals

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) Evaluation Sub-committee (ESC) (MSAC-ESC) (link)

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Task: The Evaluation Sub-committee (ESC) is a standing sub-committee of MSAC with membership to include health economics, epidemiology, public health, consumer and clinical expertise. Its focus is to provide advice on the quality, validity and relevance of internal and external assessments for applications being considered by MSAC.
Compensation: paid

Outputs and impacts

other

Decision to fund (link)

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