The simple use of HTA can not be an excuse for delays. Many countries using HTA deliver faster-funded access to medicine and other health technologies. Australia's issue is that its statutory framework for applying HTA to the PBS, which has been extended or used as the policy basis for other programs, was designed and intended to cause delays.
Delays were the intended outcome, not an unintended consequence
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