Use of health technology assessment in decision making: Coresponsibility of users and producers?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-275

  Hivon, Myriam ^a   Lehoux, Pascale ^a   Denis, Jean Louis ^a   Tailliez, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Health technology assessment; Knowledge dissemination; Knowledge use; Limitations in the use of scientific evidence

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (HTA); POLICY-ORIENTED FORMS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

HEALTH CARE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANADA; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 18544363909     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0266462305050361     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Battista RN, Banta HD, Jonsson E, Hodge M, Gelbland H. Lessons from eight countries. Health Policy. 1994;30:397-421.
2. Battista RN, Lance JM, Lehoux P, Régnier G. Health technology assessment and the regulation of medical devices and procedures in Quebec: Synergy, collusion or collision? Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1999;15:593-601.
3. Battista RN, Dery V, Jacob R, et al. L'évaluation des technologies et des modes d'intervention en santé dans les hôpitaux universitaires. Montréal: AÉTMIS; 2003.
4. Bero LA, Jadad AR. How consumers and policy-makers can use systematic reviews for decision-making. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:37-42.
5. Bero LA, Grilli R, Grimshaw JM, et al. Closing the gap between research and practice: An overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings. BMJ. 1998;317:465-468.
6. Buxton M, Hanney S. How can payback from health services research be assessed? J Health Services Res. 1996;1:35-43.
7. Cookson R, Maynard A. Health technology assessment in Europe. Improving clarity and performance. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2000;16:639-650.
8. Davis E, Littlejohns P. Views of directors of public health about NICE appraisal guidance: Results of the postal survey. J Public Health Med. 2002;24:319-325.
9. Dobrow MJ, Vivek G, Upshur REG. Evidence-based health policy: Context and utilization. Soc Sci Med. 2004;58:207-217.
10. Hanney SR, Gonzalez-Block MA, Buxton MJ, Kogan M. The utilization of health research in policy-making: Concepts, examples and methods of assessment. Health Res Policy Systems. 2003;1:2.
11. Hailey D, Corabian P, Harstall C, Schneider W. The use and impact of rapid health technology assessments. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2000;16:651-656.
12. Jacob R, McGregor M. Assessing the impact of health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1997;13:68-80.
13. Lavis J. Knowledge transfer and exchange: The challenge for research organizations. McMaster University. Presentation given at the University of Montreal on April 7, 2003.
14. Lehoux P, Battista RN, Lance JM. Monitoring health technology assessment agencies. Can J Program Eval. 2000;15:1-33.
15. Lehoux P. Could new regulatory mechanisms be designed after a critical assessment of the value of health innovations? Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. Discussion paper No. 37, 2002.
16. Lehoux P, Tailliez S, Denis J-L, Hivon M. (2004) Redefining health technology assessment in Canada: Diversification of products and contextualization of findings. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 20(3):325-336.
17. Lehoux P, Denis JL, Tailliez S, Hivon M. (in press) Disseminating health technology assessment: Identifying the visions guiding an evolving policy intervention in Canada. J Health Polit Policy Law.
18. Lomas J, Fulop N, Gagnon D. On being a good listener: Setting priorities for applied health services research. Milbank Q. 2003;81:363-388.
19. Marshall C, Rossman G. Designing qualitative research. Newbury Park: Sage; 1989.
20. Menon D, Topfer LA. Health technology assessment in Canada. A decade in review. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2000;16:896-902.
21. Miles MB, Huberman AM. Qualitative data analysis. Beverly Hills: Sage; 1984.
22. Murphy E, Dingwall R, Greatbatch D, Parker S, Watson P. Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: A review of the literature. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2: 16.
23. Pelz DC. Some expanded perspectives on the use of social science in public policy. In: Yinger JM, Cutler SJ, eds. Major social issues: A multidisciplinary view. New York: Free Press; 1978:346-357.
24. Richards TJ, Richards L. Using computers in qualitative research. In: Denzin NK, Lincoln YS, eds. Handbook of qualitative research. Newbury Park: Sage; 1994:445-462.
25. Strauss A, Corbin J. Basics of qualitative research. Newbury Park: Sage; 1990.
26. Walshe K, Rundall TG. Evidence-based management: From theory to practice in health care. Milbank Q. 2001;79:429-457.
27. Weiss C, ed. Using social research in public policy making. Toronto: Lexington Books; 1977.