When the decision is what to decide: Using evidence inventory reports to focus health technology assessments

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Mitchell, Matthew D ^a   Williams, Kendal ^a,b   Kuntz, Gretchen ^c   Umscheid, Craig A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliography; HTA; Quantity of evidence; Rapid

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; DECISION MAKERS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS; HTA; INVENTORY REPORT; LITERATURE SEARCH; QUANTITY OF EVIDENCE; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; RAPID; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE;

TECHNOLOGY;

DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; MEDLINE; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

DECISION MAKING; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 79961118233     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462311000031     Document Type: Article

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