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From Health Technology Assessment to Health Technology Sustainability [PDF]
This paper aims to propose a methodological lens to the assessment of technological innovations in healthcare based on the principles of social, economic, and political sustainability. Starting from the consideration of a lack of a unified interpretative framework of health technology assessment, using a content analysis of the relevant literature on ...
Francesca Iandolo +3 more
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Plain English summary The current paper brings together existing knowledge on experiences of eating disorders. We were interested in the views of patients, family members and health care professionals. A literature search identified 17 systematic reviews
Sanna Aila Gustafsson +4 more
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Minimum volume standards in day surgery: a systematic review
Background The aim was to find out if and for what indications are minimum volume standards (MVS) applied in the day surgery setting and whether the application of MVS improves patient relevant outcomes.
Michal Stanak, Christoph Strohmaier
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Background Progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage and institutionalizing healthcare priority setting through health technology assessment (HTA) in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region varies considerably across ...
Manushi Sharma +11 more
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Health technology assessment [PDF]
Health technology assessment (HTA) (1), also known as healthcare technology assessment or medical technology assessment, is a form of policy research that systematically examines short- and long-term consequences of the application of a health technology, a set of related technologies, or an issue related to technology.
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Systematic review and economic modelling of the relative clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery for removal of the prostate in men with localised prostate cancer [PDF]
PMID: 23127367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free full text Funding for this study was provided by the Health Technology Assessment programme of the National Institute for Health Research.Peer ...
Royle, J. +62 more
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The arabin pessary to prevent preterm birth in women with a twin pregnancy and a short cervix : The STOPPIT 2 RCT [PDF]
Funding Information: The research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HTA programme as project number 13/04/22. The contractual start date was in November 2014.
on behalf of the STOPPIT collaborative group
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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN GREECE
In 1983 a health reform aimed to assure universal coverage and equity in the distribution of services in Greece. The reform implied state responsibility for the financing and delivery of services and a reduction of the private sector. The model was a Bismarckian scheme for social insurance.
Liaropoulos, L, Kaitelidou, D
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Core Outcome Sets (COS) related to pregnancy and childbirth: a systematic review
Background Systematic reviews often conclude low confidence in the results due to heterogeneity in the reported outcomes. A Core Outcome Set (COS) is an agreed standardised collection of outcomes for a specific area of health.
Marie Österberg +6 more
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Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes: systematic review
Objectives: To examine whether or not self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is worthwhile, in terms of glycaemic control, hypoglycaemia, quality of life (QoL) and cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) who ...
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