title: The status of health technology assessment worldwide. Results of an international survey.
abstract: Health technology assessment (HTA) has increasingly become a valuable tool to examine effectiveness, quality of care, patient outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of health care technologies. In 1994 and 1995, a survey was conducted to document the scope of worldwide HTA activities; 103 organizations from 24 countries responded. This paper summarizes the results of this international survey, including a description of each country's program, types of technologies assessed, methodologies used, and dissemination approaches. Results for Canada, the United States, and European and other countries are presented separately.
authors.affiliation: Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute, Inc.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thamer
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States