Table 2 The summary of research results and extracted recommendations to overcome the challenges of the health technology assessment system

Paying attention to legislation aimed at the development of healthcare sector technologies

[13]

Recommendation for an active approach of countries instead of passive approaches

[13]

Trying to clarify the positive effects of assessing the healthcare area technologies aimed at attracting the support of policymakers and allocating resources

[17, 18]

Investing and allocating more resources

[20]

Transparency of the budget allocation process

[21, 22]

Management of local and national information and data and utilizing data analysis in decision-making and resource allocation

[21, 22, 31]

The clarity of governments’ commitments

[24]

Continuous improvement of evaluation processes

[30, 34, 35]

Integration of assessment processes with other systems such as insurance

[27, 28, 31, 36]

Paying attention to training courses to raise the awareness of the healthcare system experts concerning the concepts, tools, and processes of the assessment system

[29]

Trying to raise the awareness of the healthcare area stakeholders and encouraging them for participation

[31]

Defining the participation process of people and the public in the health technology assessment system

[26]

The technology assessment system supporting technological innovations in the healthcare sector

[37]