title: National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).  HTA rhyme and reason?
abstract: The technology appraisal program of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was established on April 1, 1999. Its role is to advise the NHS in England and Wales on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and service impact of new and emerging as well as established healthcare technologies. This paper describes the role of HTA in the NICE technology appraisal process, discusses some of the challenges of the use of HTA in national policy making, and considers some of the potential ways forward.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D013222:State Medicine; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014852:Wales