Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA)
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The JCA is the scientific compilation and the description of a comparative analysis of the available clinical evidence on a health technology in comparison with one or more other health technologies or existing procedures – the full definition is provided under Chapter I Article 2 (6) in the HTAR 2021/2282 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R2282).
Joint Clinical Assessments (Art. 7–15, HTAR):A Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) of a health technology involves a comparative analysis of available clinical evidence on the health technology in comparison with other health technologies or existing procedures (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R2282).
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