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Technology Assessment in Health Care in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Paul F. Gross
Paul F. Gross
Affiliation:
Institute of Health Economics and Technology Assessment
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In 1977, in the middle of a protracted debate on the costs and methods of paying for health care, the federal minister for health established a Committee on Applications and Costs of Modern Technology in Medical Practice. In 1978, the committee produced its report, which reviewed a number of cost containment strategies, including the reduction or regulation of fees paid to medical practitioners for specific procedures. It recommended that a national panel be established to collect information on medical technology and advise on its introduction in Australia.

In 1982, the National Health Technology Advisory Panel (NHTAP) was created to identify and examine existing and emerging medical technology, to determine methods and priorities for assessment, and to make recommendations to the minister for health with respect to assessment and funding of new technology.

Type
Technology Assessment Reports
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 137 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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