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Priority Setting for Health Technology Assessment: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Approaches: A paper produced by the Priority Setting Subgroup of the EUR-ASSESS Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Chris Henshall ,
Wija Oortwijn ,
Andrew Stevens ,
Alicia Granados  and
David Banta
Chris Henshall
Affiliation:
Department of Health, London, England
Wija Oortwijn
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands
Andrew Stevens
Affiliation:
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment, Winchester, England
Alicia Granados
Affiliation:
Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment (CAHTA), Barcelona, Spain
David Banta
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands
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This report is about setting priorities for health technology assessment (HTA). HTA examines systematically the consequences of the application of health technologies (broadly defined to include any health care intervention) to support decision making in policy and practice. Only a fraction of existing health technologies have been formally evaluated, and many more appear each year. Resources for HTA are, however, limited so that priorities have to be set, whether explicitly or implicitly. The aim of setting priorities for HTA should be to identify those assessments that offer the greatest benefits in relation to their cost, and thus to maximize the benefit derived from investments in HTA.

Type
Special Section: Report from the Eur-Assess Project Eur-Assess
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Spring 1997 , pp. 144 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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