Co-ordinating health technology assessment in Canada: a European perspective.
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is well-established in Canada, with both a national co-ordinating office for HTA and several provincial HTA organisations. The success of and relationship between these agencies, may provide useful lessons for policy-makers considering how to facilitate increased co-operation and harmonisation of HTA activity across Europe. Interviews were conducted with a number of key individuals associated with HTA in Canada to identify achievements, examine the relationship between the provincial agencies and the national co-ordinating office, and detect barriers to the increased use of HTA knowledge in decision-making.
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LSE Health and Social Care, The London School of Economic and Political Sciences, Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE, UK. d,mcdaid@lse.ac.uk
D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005060:Europe; D035082:Federal Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011050:Policy Making; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013219:State Government; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*