Health technology assessment in Finland

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.S1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Mäkelä, Marjukka ^a,b   Roine, Risto P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based medicine; Health policy; Screening; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINLAND; FINNISH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; MEDICAL METHODS; NATIONAL POLICIES; RAPID GROWTH; SCREENING TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; MASS SCREENING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 75149198816     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309090497     Document Type: Review

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