A method for addressing research gaps in HTA, developed whilst evaluating robotic-assisted surgery: Assisted proposal

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ballini, Luciana ^a   Minozzi, Silvia ^a   Negro, Antonella ^a   Pirini, Giampiero ^b   Grilli, Roberto ^a  

^a Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b Servizio Presidi Ospedalieri Assessorato Politiche per la Salute Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 77956642075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-27     Document Type: Article

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