SCHARR Technology Assessment Group
The SCHARR Technology Assessment Group (SCHARR-TAG) has produced technology assessment reports since 2000. We synthesise research on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions for the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme on behalf of various policymakers.
About SCHARR-TAG
Our work with NICE and the NIHR
SCHARR-TAG undertakes reviews for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), including the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme.
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SCHARR-TAG researchers
Meet the researchers and administrators who make up SCHARR-TAG.
Projects
Single Technology Appraisals (STAs)
Single Technology Appraisals (STAs) evaluate single technologies within a single condition.
Multiple Technology Appraisals
Multiple Technology Appraisals (MTAs) evaluate multiple drugs in the same indication.
Diagnostic Assessment Reports
Diagnostic Assessment Reports (DARs) evaluate multiple tests in the same indication.
Highly Specialised Technologies
Highly Specialised Technologies (HSTs) evaluate single technologies within a single condition where the number of patients with the condition in England is small.
Non-NICE reports
Non-NICE reports vary in complexity. These could be solely a systematic review of the evidence or a full evaluation.
Cost comparisons
Cost-comparisons are used when a new intervention is estimated to have similar clinical benefit as a NICE-recommended treatment at a similar cost.