Thirty years ago an American congressman said,“Technical information needed by policy
makers is frequently not available, or not in the right form.… Technology assessment is a …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to develop and implement a decision-making
process for public funding of health services that links policy areas with health technology …

Health care technology assessment is broadly and ambiguously interpreted, diluting its role.
It is time to recast the field. We must elucidate it in the contemporary context of health inquiry …

Objective: Health technology assessment (HTA) can be used both to promote access to safe,
efficacious, and cost-effective technologies, and to discourage access to undesirable ones …

We consider the nature of technology assessment and then briefly summarize technology
assessment activities in five countries: Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United …

The field of health technology assessment (HTA) is still relatively new, but it has shown
remarkable growth over the last decade, having spread first from the United States to …

In this paper, we discuss the complex relationship between health technology assessment
(HTA) and the regulation of medical devices and procedures. The relationship is first …

Technology is generally defined as “science or knowledge applied to a definite purpose.”
Technology assessment has been defined as a form of policy research that examines short …

This Value in Health Special Issue describes technology assessment (TA) programs in five
countries. The primary purpose is to provide information about the ways coverage and …

Health technology assessment (HTA) is primarily concerned with the consequences
(benefits and costs) of health care and health policy decisions. Because decision making is …