Evaluation of the impact of a technology appraisal process in England: The south and west development and evaluation committee

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-24

  Dixon, Simon ^a   Coleman, Pat ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a   Brennan, Alan ^a   Touch, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037231230     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/13558190360468182     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Stevens A, Colin-Jones D, Gabbay J. 'Quick and clean': authoritative health technology assessment for local health care contracting. Health Trends 1995; 27: 37-42
2. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Cervical screening interval. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1995
3. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Dilatation and curettage for dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1994
4. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Insertion of grommets for glue ear. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1994
5. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Antenatal check ups for low risk pregnancies. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1994
6. Nichol J, Coleman P, Touch S, Brennan A, Dixon S. An evaluation of the impact, quality and value of the South and West Development and Evaluation (DEC) reports. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 2001
7. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Helicobacter pylori eradication. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1994
8. Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development. Immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy for cancer of the breast. Bristol: South West Research and Development Directorate, 1995
9. Ritchie J, Spencer L. Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research. In: Bryman A, Burgess RG, eds. Analysing qualitative data. London: Routledge, 1995
10. Coleman P, Nicholl J. The influence of evidence-based guidance on health policy and clinical practice in England. Quality in Health Care 2001; 10: 229-237
11. Perry S, Hanft R, Chranowski R. Perceptions of Australian health technology assessments: a report of a survey. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 1993; 9: 588-590
12. Drummond M, Weatherly H. Implementing the findings of health technology assessments. If the CAT got out of the bag, can the TAIL wag the dog? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2000; 16: 1-12
13. Mason J, Freemantle N, Young P. The effect of the distribution of effective health care bulletins on prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in primary care. Health Trends 1998/99; 30: 120-122
14. Drummond M, Cooke J, Walley T. Economic evaluation under managed competition: evidence from the UK. Social Science and Medicine 1997; 45: 583-595
15. Singer PA, Martin DK, Giacomini M, Purdy L. Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: qualitative case study. BMJ 2000; 321: 1316-1318
16. Freemantle N, Mason J. Not playing with a full DEC: why development and evaluation committee methods for appraising new drugs may be inadequate. BMJ 1999; 318: 1480-1482
17. Mant D. Can randomised trials inform clinical decisions about individual patients? Lancet 1999; 353: 743-746
18. European Consortia on Health Technology Assessment (ECHTA). HTA in policy and practice. http://www-97. oeaw.ac.at/cgi-usr/ita/italit.pl?proj=b13&language=en&cmd=get&pt =count (accessed 25 Jan 2002)