Lessons for health technology assessment: it is not only about the evidence.
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چکیده
Lessons from health technology assessment (HTA) organizations around the world are emerging, and only some of them are about evidence. Other lessons pertain to governance, communication, trust, politics, and the persistence of local “practice patterns” for evidence evaluations. This should not come as a surprise. HTA organizations worldwide have different constituencies and organizational structures, and exist amid different cultural traditions, political systems, and fiscal climates.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
دوره 12 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009