International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

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Progression-free survival as a surrogate endpoint in advanced breast cancer

Rebecca A. Miksad, Vera Zietemann, Raffaella Gothe, Ruth Schwarzer, Annette Conrads-Frank, Petra Schnell-Inderst, Björn Stollenwerk and Uwe Siebert

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 371-383

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080495 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Utilization patterns of diagnostic imaging across the late life course: A population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Li Wang, Jason X. Nie, C. Shawn Tracy, Rahim Moineddin and Ross E. G. Upshur

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 384-390

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080501 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Putting National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance into practice: A cost minimization model of a national roll-out of liquid based cytology in England

Boyka Stoykova, Georgi Kuzmanov and Robin Dowie

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 391-398

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080513 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Shift from first generation antipsychotics to olanzapine may improve health-related quality of life of stable but residually symptomatic schizophrenic outpatients: A prospective, randomized study

Grigori Joffe, Harri Sintonen and Björn Appelberg

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 399-402

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080525 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Locating systematic reviews of test accuracy studies: How five specialist review databases measure up

Sue E. Bayliss and Clare Davenport

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 403-411

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080537 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Guidance for considering ethical, legal, and social issues in health technology assessment: Application to genetic screening

Beth K. Potter, Denise Avard, Ian D. Graham, Vikki A. Entwistle, Timothy A. Caulfield, Pranesh Chakraborty, Christine Kennedy, Marissa McGuire, Glenn G. Griener, Mark Montgomery, George A. Wells and Brenda J. Wilson

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 412-422

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080549 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Why ethics should be part of health technology assessment

Bjørn Morten Hofmann

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 423-429

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080550 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Reuse of single use medical devices in Canada: Clinical and economic outcomes, legal and ethical issues, and current hospital practice

David Hailey, Philip D. Jacobs, Nola M. Ries and Julie Polisena

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 430-436

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080562 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Economic evaluations conducted by Canadian health technology assessment agencies: Where do we stand?

Jean-Eric Tarride, Catherine Elizabeth McCarron, Morgan Lim, James M. Bowen, Gord Blackhouse, Robert Hopkins, Daria O'Reilly, Feng Xie and Ron Goeree

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 437-444

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080574 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Factors influencing the quality of medical documentation when a paper-based medical records system is replaced with an electronic medical records system: An Iranian case study

Faramarz Pourasghar, Hossein Malekafzali, Sabine Koch and Uno Fors

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 445-451

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080586 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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How is magnetic resonance imaging used in Iran?

Mohammad Palesh, Sten Fredrikson, Hamidreza Jamshidi, Goran Tomson and Max Petzold

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 452-458

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080598 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Integrating health economics modeling in the product development cycle of medical devices: A Bayesian approach

Laura Vallejo-Torres, Lotte M. G. Steuten, Martin J. Buxton, Alan J. Girling, Richard J. Lilford and Terry Young

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 459-464

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080604 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Contribution of economic evaluation to decision making in early phases of product development: A methodological and empirical review

Susanne Hartz and Jürgen John

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 465-472

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080616 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Health technology assessment use and dissemination by patient and consumer groups: Why and how?

Julie Fattal and Pascale Lehoux

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 473-480

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080628 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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RESEARCH REPORTS

Comparison of four contingent valuation methods to estimate the economic value of a pneumococcal vaccine in Bangladesh

Rebekah R. Heinzen and John F. P. Bridges

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 481-487

doi:10.1017/S026646230808063X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Do individuals consider expected income when valuing health states?

Thomas Davidson and Lars-Åke Levin

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 488-494

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080641 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Estimating the implicit value of statistical life based on public interventions implemented in The Netherlands

Adrienne F. G. Goebbels, André J. H. A. Ament, Annoesjka Novák, Christiaan P. W. M. Veraart and Johan L. Severens

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 495-501

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080653 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Budgeting and health technology assessment: First evidence obtained from proposal forms used to submit the adoption of new technology

Emanuele Lettieri, Cristina Masella and Umberto Nocco

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 502-510

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080665 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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COMMENTARIES, VIEWS, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN HTA

Harmonization of evidence requirements for health technology assessment in reimbursement decision making

John Hutton, Paul Trueman and Karen Facey

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 511-517

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080677 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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Early identification and assessment of new and emerging health technologies: Actions, progress, and the future direction of an international collaboration—EuroScan

Sue Simpson, Claire Packer, Per Carlsson, Jill M. Sanders, Iñaki Gutiérrez Ibarluzea, Anne-Florence Fay and Inger Norderhaug

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 24, Issue 04, October 2008, pp 518-525

doi:10.1017/S0266462308080689 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 01 Oct 2008

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