Nationally Funded Centres
Background
The Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council’s Nationally Funded Centre (NFC) program began in 1991, following endorsement by Australian Health Ministers of a national policy for the efficient provision of highly specialised, low demand, medical technologies. The NFC program aims to ensure that:
- all Australians have access to certain high cost, low demand, new and emerging technologies;
- these technologies are provided efficiently, effectively and equitably; and
- the health, scientific, equity, resource and cost outcomes of these technologies are monitored and evaluated.
The MSAC assesses applications for the NFC program and evaluates the operation of existing NFCs, with a view to strengthening the role of evidence in health financing decisions in Australia. Under MSAC’s 4th term of reference, the Committee can “undertake health technology assessment work referred by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC), and report its findings to AHMAC”.
Current Reviews
Finished Reviews for NFCs Reference 36 a-e:
MSAC has undertaken the following reports that were commissioned by AHMAC:
- 36(a) PDF Printable version - Peritonectomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 561 KB)
- 36(b) PDF Printable version - Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 491 KB)
- 36 (c) PDF Printable version - Paediatric Liver Transplantation - Review Report - May 2007 (PDF 387 KB)
- 36 (d) PDF Printable version - Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 668 KB)
- 36 (e) PDF Printable version - Paediatric Heart Transplantation - Review Report - November 2008 (PDF 584 KB)
The MSAC assessments and review will be conducted in accordance with the "Nationally Funded Centres Guidance for Governance, Management, Funding, Establishment and Review", Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council.
If you are having difficulty accessing the PDF documents, please email msac.secretariat@health.gov.au to obtain an alternative version.
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