Mixed claims in Health Technology Assessment: The case of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) uses explicit methods to determine the value of a health technology. This typically results in several claims regarding effects that are expected follow from use technology particular context. These seem capture conclusions based solely on facts, but they often combine empirical information with normative presuppositions. Claims have this character reflect (implicit) judgments and been labelled mixed claims. Not recognizing these components such risks inattention imposition, presenting as self-evident not need any moral justification. As proposed by Anna Alexandrova, avoid imposition we rules deal According her, when producing evaluating unearth invoked presuppositions check whether invariant disagreements. By applying rules, robustness can be checked: it evaluated their truth is independent way which components, involving presuppositions, conceptualized. paper aims illustrate role HTA, expand upon work analyzing recommendations presented an HTA report introduction Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) The Netherlands. Our show contains claims, analysis help clarify normativity evaluate alleged