title: Medical technology assessment and the role of economic evaluation in health care.
abstract: The growth in health care expenditure over the last few decades has necessitated the introduction of priority setting and decision making based on the results of critical evaluation. Medical technology assessment (MTA) is a valuable tool to assist policy makers in controlling existing and new medical technologies. Medical technology assessment and the role of economic evaluation as part of MTA are described, and various techniques of economic evaluation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Organisation, Politics and Economics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Adang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ament
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Dirksen
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*