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Introduction to Measuring Health Care Effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Jane E. Sisk
Affiliation:
U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment

Extract

Policy makers in the United States have increasingly recognized the deficiencies in information related to technology assessment and quality assessment. This growing consensus resulted in the passage of legislation in 1989 to create a new Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and to expand substantially funding for assessment activities.

Type
Special Section: Measuring Health Care Effectiveness: Use of Large Data Bases for Technology and Quality Assessments
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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