title: Translating technology assessment into policy. Conceptual issues and tough choices.
abstract: Conceptual issues arise in translating the results of technology assessment into policy. A 3 x 3 typology suggests that tough decisions occur when interventions promise increased benefit for increased cost or less benefit for less cost. These decisions are value based; technology assessment alone cannot determine who should receive an intervention and under what circumstances.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Deber
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006291:Health Policy; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical