Health technology assessment for resource allocation decisions: Are key principles relevant for Latin America?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Pichon Riviere, Andres ^a,b   Augustovski, Federico ^b,c   Rubinstein, Adolfo ^a,b   Martí, Sebastián García ^b   Sullivan, Sean D ^d   Drummond, Michael F ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical technology assessment; Health policy; Latin America

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; CURRENT LEVELS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; LATIN AMERICA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION; RESPONSE RATE; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

HEALTH; RATING; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WEB BROWSER;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; LATIN AMERICA; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 78649940479     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462310001042     Document Type: Article

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