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Health technology assessment and health policy-making in Europe : current status, challenges and potential.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrido, M. V.
- Series:
- Observatory studies series Health technology assessment and health policy-making in Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical technology--Europe.
- Medical technology.
- Technology assessment--Europe.
- Technology assessment.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 181 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New technologies with the potential to improve the health of populations are continuously being introduced. But not every technological development results in clear health gains. Health technology assessment provides evidence-based information on the coverage and usage of health technologies, enabling them to be evaluated properly and applied to health care efficaciously, promoting the most effective ones while also taking into account organizational, societal and ethical issues. This book reviews the relationship between health technology assessment and policy-making, and examines how to increase the contribution such research makes to policy- and decision-making processes. By communicating the value and potential of health technology assessment to a wider audience, both within and beyond decision-making and health care management, it aims ultimately to contribute to improve the health status of the population through the delivery of optimum health services.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of tables, figures and boxes
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Transnational collaboration on health technology assessment-a political priority in Europe
- Chapter 2: Policy processes and health technology assessment
- Chapter 3: What is health technology assessment?
- Chapter 4: Health systems, health policy and health technology assessment
- Chapter 5: Health technology assessment in Europe-overview of the producers
- Chapter 6: What are the effects of HTA reports on the health system? Evidence from the research literature
- Chapter 7: Needs and demands of policy-makers
- Chapter 8: Future challenges for HTA in Europe.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-282-05811-8
- 9786612058110
- 92-890-4296-6
- OCLC:
- 334910142
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