Transferability of health technology assessment reports in Latin America: An exploratory survey of researchers and decision makers

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-186

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

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health technology assessment; Latin America; Transferability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; LATIN AMERICA; SAVING RESOURCES; TRANSFERABILITY; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LATIN AMERICA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84860706950     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462312000074     Document Type: Review

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