Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is often described as a neutral, evidence based process designed to support fair and efficient healthcare decision making. HTA is a structured, evidence based process that defines and operationalizes value through specific metrics, and those metrics systematically exclude or underweight certain dimensions of value that matter to patients. The central problem is not just that patients are absent from HTA.It is that value itself is narrowly d

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