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Selecting topic areas for developing quality standards in a resource-limited setting
BMJ Open Quality, 2019 Variation in practices of and access to health promotion and disease prevention (P&P) across geographical areas have been studied in Thailand as well as other healthcare settings. The implementation of quality standards (QS)—a concise set of evidence-
Roongnapa Khampang +6 more
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Health Technology Assessment in China’s Health Care Sector: Development and Applications
Health Systems & Reform, 2023 China’s health system is facing severe challenges from social transition and the double burden of population aging and non-communicable diseases.
Wudong Guo +11 more
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Health technology assessment in Canada [PDF]
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2009 Canada's health system is a unique combination of public financing and private provision. With the significant government role in financing health services, health technology assessment (HTA) has found a ready audience as a form of policy research. In addition, Canada has been a leader in HTA and is entering a phase of deepening and maturation of HTA ...
Renaldo N, Battista +3 more
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Is whole-colon investigation by colonoscopy, computerised tomography colonography or barium enema necessary for all patients with colorectal cancer symptoms, and for which patients would flexible sigmoidoscopy suffice? A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: For patients referred to hospital with suspected colorectal cancer (CRC), it is current standard clinical practice to conduct an examination of the whole colon and rectum.
Wooldrage, K +12 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023 Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is accelerated by widespread and inappropriate use of antimicrobials. Many countries, including those in low- and middle- income contexts, have started implementing interventions to tackle AMR.
Chris Painter +6 more
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Counting the cost of public and philanthropic R&D funding: the case of olaparib
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022 Background Lack of transparency around manufacturing costs, who bears the bulk of research and development costs and how total costs relate to the pricing of products, continue to fuel debates.
L. Schmidt, O. Sehic, C. Wild
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Methods of synthesizing qualitative research studies for health technology assessment [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVES Synthesizing qualitative research is an important means of ensuring the needs, preferences, and experiences of patients are taken into account by service providers and policy makers, but the range of methods available can appear confusing ...
Ritchie, Karen +6 more
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Health technology assessment in Malaysia [PDF]
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2009 Objectives: Malaysia, as a rapidly developing country, has been facing tremendous pressures in its attempts to maximize scarce resources. Despite this problem, Malaysia has made great strides in developing its health services, and has successfully provided good access to the population to healthcare services, reduced the incidence of many communicable ...
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Possible long COVID healthcare pathways: a scoping review
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Individuals of all ages and with all degrees of severity of the coronavirus disease (COVID) can suffer from persisting or reappearing symptoms called long COVID.
Sarah Wolf +2 more
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GMS German Medical Science, 2022 Objectives: Public health decision making is a complex process based on thorough and comprehensive health technology assessments involving the comparison of different strategies, values and tradeoffs under uncertainty.
Kühne, Felicitas +10 more
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