title: The development of a health technology assessment program. The case of Alberta.
abstract: Canada comprises 10 provinces and 2 territories. The Constitution assigns responsibility for the provision of health services in the provinces to provincial governments. Over the past 5 years, provincial governments have identified technology assessment as a priority. This paper describes an initiative taken by the government of the province of Alberta to develop a health technology assessment program for that province.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harstall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D003142:Communication; D003256:Community Participation; D006077:Government Agencies; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards