Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA)

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[glossary_exclude] (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R2282).[/glossary_exclude]

Joint Clinical Assessments (Art. 7–15, HTAR):[glossary_exclude]A Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA)[/glossary_exclude] 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 [glossary_exclude](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R2282)[/glossary_exclude].