International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Editorial

Editorial

Egon Jonsson and Stanley J. Reiser

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 243-243

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080331 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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GENERAL ESSAYS

Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions

Michael F. Drummond, J. Sanford Schwartz, Bengt Jönsson, Bryan R. Luce, Peter J. Neumann, Uwe Siebert and Sean D. Sullivan

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 244-258

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080343 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Assessing the impact of health technology assessment in the Netherlands

Wija J. Oortwijn, Stephen R. Hanney, Andreas Ligtvoet, Stijn Hoorens, Steven Wooding, Jonathan Grant, Martin J. Buxton and Lex M. Bouter

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 259-269

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080355 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Policies of screening for colorectal cancer in European countries

Iñaki Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea, José Asua and Kepa Latorre

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 270-276

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080367 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Overuse or underuse of MRI scanners in private radiology centers in Tehran

Soheil Saadat, Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi, Kavous Firouznia, Mahyar Etminan, Khadijeh Goudarzi and Kourosh Holakouie Naieni

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 277-281

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080379 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Economic analysis of medical practice variation between 1991 and 2000: The impact of patient outcomes research teams (PORTs)

Stephen T. Parente, Charles E. Phelps and Patrick J. O'Connor

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 282-293

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080380 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Avoiding adverse drug reactions by pharmacogenetic testing: A systematic review of the economic evidence in the case of TPMT and AZA-induced side effects

Amelia Compagni, Simona Bartoli, Bernhard Buehrlen, Giovanni Fattore, Dolores Ibarreta and Emma Gutierrez de Mesa

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 294-302

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080392 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Economics of preventing premature mortality and impaired cognitive development in children through home-fortification: A health policy perspective

Waseem Sharieff, Stanley H. Zlotkin, Wendy J. Ungar, Brian Feldman, Murray D. Krahn and George Tomlinson

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 303-311

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080409 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Cost-effectiveness of a new combined immunosuppressive and anti-infectious regimen in kidney transplantation

Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Mira Kast-Brückner, Oriol Manuel, Jean-Pierre Venetz, Pascal R. A. Meylan and Manuel Pascual

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 312-317

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080410 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Comparison of three instruments assessing the quality of economic evaluations: A practical exercise on economic evaluations of the surgical treatment of obesity

Sophie Gerkens, Ralph Crott, Irina Cleemput, Jean-Paul Thissen, Marie-Christine Closon, Yves Horsmans and Claire Beguin

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 318-325

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080422 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Why did some Danish counties introduce breast cancer screening and others not? An exploratory study of four selected counties

Kasper Hjulmann, Hindrik Vondeling and Mickael Bech

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 326-332

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080434 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Analysis of the quality of clinical practice guidelines on established ischemic stroke

Ma Asunción Navarro Puerto, Iñaki Gutiérrez Ibarluzea, Oscar Guzmán Ruiz, Francisco Moniche Alvarez, Rocío Gómez Herreros, Ruth Engelhardt Pintiado, Antonio Reyes Dominguez and Ignacio Marín León

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 333-341

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080446 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Appropriateness of healthcare interventions: Concepts and scoping of the published literature

Claudia Sanmartin, Kellie Murphy, Nicole Choptain, Barbara Conner-Spady, Lindsay McLaren, Eric Bohm, Michael J. Dunbar, Suren Sanmugasunderam, Carolyn De Coster, John McGurran, Diane L. Lorenzetti and Tom Noseworthy

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 342-349

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080458 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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RESEARCH REPORTS

Use of expert knowledge in evaluating costs and benefits of alternative service provisions: A case study

Paul H. Garthwaite, James B. Chilcott, David J. Jenkinson and Paul Tappenden

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 350-357

doi:10.1017/S026646230808046X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Empirical comparison of subgroup effects in conventional and individual patient data meta-analyses

Laura Koopman, Geert J. M. G. van der Heijden, Arno W. Hoes, Diederick E. Grobbee and Maroeska M. Rovers

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 358-361

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080471 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Article Commentary

Commentary on the article “Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions”

H. David Banta

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 362-365

doi:10.1017/S0266462308081038 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Commentary on the article “Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions”

David Hailey

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 365-366

doi:10.1017/S026646230808104X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Commentary on the article “Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions”

Duncan Neuhauser

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 366-367

doi:10.1017/S0266462308081051 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Response from the authors of “Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions”

Michael Drummond, J. Sanford Schwartz, Bengt Jönsson, Bryan Luce, Peter Neumann, Uwe Siebert and Sean Sullivan

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 367-368

doi:10.1017/S0266462308081063 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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Corrigendum

Rapid reviews versus full systematic reviews: An inventory of current methods and practice in health technology assessment: Corrigendum

Amber Watt, Alun Cameron, Lana Sturm, Timothy Lathlean, Wendy Babidge, Stephen Blamey, Karen Facey, David Hailey, Inger Norderhaug and Guy Maddern

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 03, July 2008, pp 369-369

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080483 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2008

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