The EU Health Technology Assessment and the Open Method of Coordination: A Relation with Potential in the Context of Network Governance

Ani Matei, Adrian-Stelian Dumitru and Corina-Georgiana Antonovici
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Ani Matei: Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 010643 Bucharest, Romania
Adrian-Stelian Dumitru: Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 010643 Bucharest, Romania
Corina-Georgiana Antonovici: Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 010643 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: The open method of coordination (OMC)—a tool which was formalized in the early 2000s—has generated the interest of both the researchers and practitioners in the context of the new EU governance. This article is examining the literature of both network governance and OMC, with the focus particularly on one main question: is OMC a useful instrument in health policies in order to achieve concrete results by outlining norms and legislation where EU exercise limited power? Analyzing a field in which the EU competence is limited—given the budgetary implications of medicines reimbursement—from the results of the existing collaboration within EUnetHTA, we will observe the added value in this particular case of the OMC application, and the possible consequences in shaping the supranational competences. Given that the EU, with some exceptions provided by the Treaties, may only exercise actions to support, coordinate or complement the action of the Member States in the health policy, the OMC proves to be a useful tool, both from the perspective of the Member States but especially of the supranational level.

Keywords: network governance; open method of coordination; health technology assessment (HTA); EUnetHTA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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