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Equity and Social How are the equity and social issues being addressed and what
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Issues data would be collected for the same?

Would a budget impact analysis be done and if it is done, at what
14 Budget Impact level would be undertaken?
(E.g., local, state, national)

Additional
15 Will any other additional analysis of data be done (if needed)?
Analysis

Ethical Will ethical clearance be taken from the parent institutions with all
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Justification the ethical issues for the study being stated
All reference materials, papers, articles, journals, etc. being duly
17 References acknowledged in Vancouver style (till any other specific pattern is
recommended)

Is there any data collection tool being used – pre-validated or not?
18 Annexures
(E.g., Cost data collection tool, Quality of Life questionnaires)

All the above mentioned points then need to be put down in a format so as to clearly

reflect what is needed for the HTA and what will come out of it. The general pattern when

writing the proposal has been described below for better understanding of how to put in all
the aforementioned factors into a proposal document:

Heading-wise sections of the Proposal:

 Title Page – Stating the title of the HTA study (highlighting the PICOT)

 Abbreviations – Any and all abbreviations to be used in the proposal

 Introduction – A brief on the history and current scenario of the intervention in
question; at the global, national and local level in sequence

 Review of Literature

o Clinical effectiveness – literature pertaining to the clinical efficacy and

effectiveness of the intervention and comparator in question, preferably
local/Indian evidence

o Cost effectiveness – cost data and cost effectiveness literature on the same,

preferably local/Indian evidence

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