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Health Technology Assessment and Health Care in the European Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2000

David Banta  and
Wija Oortwijn
David Banta
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research and Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
Wija Oortwijn
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
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Abstract

The papers on the 16 European countries presented in this issue show their great diversity of health systems. Health technology assessment (HTA) has been institutionalized in a number of members of the European Union and has a growing impact on health policy. A remaining challenge is to see HTA visible and useful at the European level, which requires more active coordination of national and regional activities. A network of HTA programs and researchers has been established. The HTA-Europe Steering Committee has suggested a number of actions by the European Commission to promote further coordination. The most important conclusion of the HTA-Europe report is that a permanent coordinating structure is needed at the European level.

Keywords

Technology assessmentbiomedicalEuropean Unionorganization and administration
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 626 - 635
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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