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Health Care Technology Assessment in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Annetine C. Gelijns  and
Henk Rigter
Annetine C. Gelijns
Affiliation:
Institute of Medicine, U.S.A.
Henk Rigter
Affiliation:
Health Council of the Netherlands
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Our present-day health sectors are increasingly characterized by both rapid technological change and growing visibility of its considerable consequences in terms of the quality and costs of health care. Improved health care decision-making in such an environment requires adequate and timely information on the benefits, risks, and costs of health care technology. Whereas traditionally, technology assessment focused predominantly on evaluating efficacy and (short-term) safety in a more or less “controlled” environment, an interesting shift in emphasis is now occurring. There is a growing recognition that improved information is also needed on the health and economic outcomes of technology as used in everyday clinical practice, i.e., on its effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and long-term safety in normal “uncontrolled” daily medical life. Moreover, because the treatment of particular clinical conditions (such as stable angina, gallstones, or prostatism) increasingly involves choices among alternative diagnostic and therapeutic options, these assessments should ideally provide effectiveness and cost-effectiveness information for all the various technological alternatives involved.

Type
Technology Assessment Reports
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 157 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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