The role of health technology assessment in the European Union
ENSURING VALUE FOR MONEY IN HEALTH CARE
Corinna Sorenson, Michael Drummond, Panos Kanavos
Observatory Studies Series No 11
Ensuring value for money in health care
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidencebased health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of health systems in Europe. It brings together a wide range of policy-makers, academics and practitioners to analyse trends in health reform, drawing on experience from across Europe to illuminate policy issues. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Governments of Belgium, Finland, Greece, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region of Italy, the European Investment Bank, the Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Ensuring value for money in health care The role of health technology assessment in the European Union
Corinna Sorenson Michael Drummond Panos Kanavos
Keywords:
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL – organization and administration OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE DECISION MAKING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS EUROPEAN UNION
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