Fredrik Schjesvold, Head of Oslo Myeloma Center at Oslo University Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“The president is as usual sensible, this is not as simple as many people make it out to be.
In order to have opinions on this, one must understand what the so-called ties consist of, understand what the assignments entail, understand that there is a lack of a connection between these assignments and roles one has for the authorities, understand what “experts” contribute to health technology assessments and action programs, and how this can, but also how it cannot be influenced by experts’ input.
One must understand that no experts decide anything at all in health technology assessments, nor do they record opinions about the methods. One must understand that action programs are made by groups of experts, with different “ties” or lack thereof. And one must understand that there are no consequences for the experts, financial or otherwise, for any decision made by the Norwegian authorities.
Unfortunately, this is an understanding many of those with the strongest opinions on the topic do not have.
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