Publisher

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)

Topic

Contraception: Comparison of hormonal IUD and copper IUD

HTA No.

HT21-05

Date of project start

3 September 2021

Address of publisher:

Authors

• Fülöp Scheibler, SHARE TO CARE, Patientenzentrierte Versorgung GmbH, Cologne, Germany
• Marion Danner, DARUM Marion Danner und Anne Rummer GbR, Cologne, Germany
• Anne Rummer, DARUM Marion Danner und Anne Rummer GbR, Cologne, Germany
• Karoline Weik, TAKEPART Media + Science GmbH, Cologne, Germany
• Annette Bäumer, AescuLaw Lawyers Dr. Bäumer & Viehweg, Cologne, Germany
• Katharina Wehrmann (previously Rüssel), Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Kaiserswerther Diakonie, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Björn Lampe, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Kaiserswerther Diakonie, Düsseldorf, Germany

Reviewer

• Günter Emons, Women’s University Hospital – Translational Gynaecology, Göttingen, Deutschland

IQWiG coordinated the project and conducted the literature search for the domains “Benefit assessment“ and “Health economic evaluation” and prepared the easily understandable summary (“HTA kompakt”).

According to §139b (3) No. 2 of Social Code Book (SGB) V, Statutory Health Insurance, external experts who are involved in the Institute’s research commissions must disclose “all connections to interest groups and contract organizations, particularly in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries, including details on the type and amount of any remuneration received”. The Institute received the completed Form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest from each external expert. The information provided was reviewed by a Committee of the Institute specifically established to assess conflicts of interests. The information on conflicts of interest provided by the external experts and external reviewers is presented in Chapter A11 of the full report. No conflicts of interest were detected that could endanger professional independence with regard to the work on the present commission.