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PubMed2006

Toward a sustainable European Network for Health Technology Assessment. The EUnetHTA project.

EUnetHTA is a recently initiated EU network aiming at connecting national HTA agencies, research institutions, and health ministries to enable an effective exchange of information and to lend support to health policy decisions by the Member States. The article briefly discusses the policy background, the specific objectives, and the project structure of the network.

Biomedical Technology↗
PubMed1990

The introduction of new technology: health implications for workers.

Several data sources were used to examine the relationship between the introduction of technology into the workplace and resulting symptoms of stress. Data from open-ended surveys with 75 workers in three settings revealed planning deficiencies (among other issues) that seemed to cause more difficulty for the workers involved. Surveys of 162 secretaries were used to explore the resulting hypothesis that these planning deficiencies (i.e., not including the worker in the planning, introducing too little equipment, expecting too much work from the technology) would result in symptoms of stress. The results supported the hypothesis; symptoms found in previous studies of VDT operators did increase with these planning deficiencies. Specific suggestions are made that may help to reduce the amount of stress among workers being introduced to new technologies. Results suggest that worker control, particularly input into decision-making is one factor affecting how workers will react to workplace stresses, particularly to the introduction of new technology.

Diffusion of Innovation↗
PubMed1993

Health technologies for the developing world. Promoting self-reliance through improving local procurement and manufacturing capabilities.

To reduce their dependency on donors or the international currency costs of essential health care products, developing countries are building or improving capability for local manufacturing or competitive international procurement. Through long-term strategic planning, public/private partnerships, collaboration with firms in industrialized nations, and farsighted donor policies, the capacity for alternative supply can be increased in stages from importation through local processing and packaging to full production and multiproduct enterprises.

Cost Control↗
PubMed2006

Genetic health technology and economic evaluation: a critical review.

The aim of the review is to establish whether, on the basis of previous published evidence, current accepted guidance for health economic evaluation needs to be adapted to evaluate healthcare based on use of genetic information. Online literature search strategies were designed (using PubMed and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database [NHS EED], among others) to gather papers carrying out or discussing economic evaluation and genetics. Papers meeting the inclusion criteria were obtained and reviewed. The papers purporting to be economic analyses were classified using the criteria of the NHS EED and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) working party on peer review of health economic literature. Of 120 English-language papers that met the criteria for review, only 37 were economic evaluations according to the criteria set out by the NHS EED and BMJ working party on economic evaluations. Of these 37, only 33 papers discussed economic evaluation methodologies in the genetics context. The economic evaluation papers did not seem to tackle any of the problems discussed in the methodological papers. Economic evaluation methods offer a structured approach for evaluation of changes but may need to change in order to assess the new technologies. We have found that such studies have not been widely reported, and that those that have been reported do not depart from current economic methods. We have identified a need for better skills and guidance in health economics within this growing area of research.

Biomedical Technology↗
PubMed1988

Health technology development in Japan.

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the social, cultural and economic factors which have led to the present pattern of technology utilization in Japan. It is divided into five sections. The first provides the historical framework; the second, an overview of the health care delivery context and its economic incentive structure; the third, an analysis of the various contenders involved in the process of resource allocation; the fourth, a description of the technology areas which have been emphasized in Japan; and the fifth, an examination of future issues.

Communication↗