Developing Health Technology Assessment to address health care system needs

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Velasco Garrido, Marcial ^a   Gerhardus, Ansgar ^b   Røttingen, John Arne ^c   Busse, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Health care; Health policy; Health Technology Assessment; Healthcare management

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 77149152797     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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