Regional HTA in Italy: Promising or confusing?

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 203-206

  Garattini, Livio ^a   van de Vooren, Katelijne ^a   Curto, Alessandro ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

HTA; Italy; Region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84870054864     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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