Institutionalising health technology assessment: Establishing the Medical Technology Assessment Board in India

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Downey, Laura E ^a   Mehndiratta, Abha ^a   Grover, Ashoo ^b   Gauba, Vijay ^c   Sheikh, Kabir ^d   Prinja, Shankar ^e   Singh, Ravinder ^b   Cluzeau, Francoise A ^a   Dabak, Saudamini ^f   Teerawattananon, Yot ^f   Kumar, Sanjiv ^g   Swaminathan, Soumya ^b,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^e POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^f Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP)   (Thailand)

^g National Health Systems Resource Centre   (India)

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EID: 85046488460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000259     Document Type: Article

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