National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
HTA 101: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment
Clifford S. Goodman, Ph.D.
The Lewin Group
January 2004
Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION
- FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND ISSUES
- PRIMARY DATA AND INTEGRATIVE METHODS
- COST ANALYSIS METHODS
- APPRAISING THE EVIDENCE
- DETERMINING TOPICS FOR HTA
- RETRIEVING EVIDENCE FOR HTA
- DISSEMINATING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- MONITORING IMPACT OF HTA
- SELECTED ISSUES IN HTA
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APPENDIX A. SUGGESTED
READINGS IN HTA
- Origins and Evolution of Technology Assessment
- Overview of HTA
- Priority Setting
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- HTA of Diagnostic and Screening Technologies
- Evidence in HTA
- Cost-Effectiveness and Related Economic Analyses
- Meta-Analysis
- Decision Analysis
- Consensus Development
- Health-Related Quality of Life Measures
- Ethical, Legal, Social, and Political Issues
- HTA and Quality of Care
- Searching the HTA Literature
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES