The contribution of health technology assessment, health needs assessment, and health impact assessment to the assessment and translation of technologies in the field of public health genomics

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Rosenkotter N ^a   Vondeling, H ^b   Blancquaert, I ^d   Mekel, O C L ^e   Kristensen, F B ^c   Brand, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Danish Ctr Eval Hlth Technol A   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e NRW Institute of Health and Work   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health impact assessment; Health needs assessment; Health technology assessment; Public health genomics; Public health policy making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78650418116     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318317     Document Type: Article

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