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Current Issues in Health Care Technology Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Frederick Mosteller  and
Elisabeth Burdick
Frederick Mosteller
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Elisabeth Burdick
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
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This article presents an overview of technology assessment in the United States. The authors argue that while there are numerous institutions carrying out assessments, the United States requires an overall plan that would provide a national system for technology assessment. If technology assessment were more organized and systematized, the authors argue, it would be more efficient and would reach the public and the medical world effectively.

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 123 - 136
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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