Guiding the process of health technology disinvestment

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Ibargoyen Roteta, Nora ^a   Gutiérrez Ibarluzea, Iñaki ^a   Asua, José ^a  

^a Basque Office for Health Technology Assessment   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disinvestment; Guideline; Health technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CONSENSUS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; INVESTMENTS; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 78249289365     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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