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Health technology assessment development in China

Yingyao Chen, David Banta, Zhiliu Tang • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

OBJECTIVES: This study is to review health technology assessment (HTA) development in China during the past two decades, and to facilitate further development of HTA and its integration into policy making. METHODS: The study depends very mu...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090643

PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Linda Mary Davies, Michael Drummond, Panos Papanikolaou • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to develop an economic prioritization model to assist those involved in the selection and prioritization of health technology assessment topics and commissioning of HTA projects. METHODS: The model used decision...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300016172

Historical development of health technology assessment in Thailand

Yot Teerawattananon, Sripen Tantivess, Jomkwan Yothasamut, Pritaporn Kingkaew et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to review the development of health technology assessment (HTA), including the socioeconomic context, outputs, and policy utilization in the Thai setting. METHODS: This study was conducted through extensive docum...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090709

The influence of frailty syndrome on medication adherence among elderly patients with hypertension

Jankowska-Polańska B, Dudek K, Szymanska-Chabowska A, Uchmanowicz I • Clinical Interventions in Aging (2016)

Beata Jankowska-Polańska,1 Krzysztof Dudek,2 Anna Szymanska-Chabowska,3 Izabella Uchmanowicz1 1Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 2Department of Logistic and Transport Systems, Faculty of ...

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Health technology assessment and its influence on health-care priority setting

Adam Oliver, Elias A. Mossialos, Ray Robinson • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2004)

In this article, we review the development of health technology assessment (HTA) in England and Wales, France, The Netherlands, and Sweden, and we summarize the reaction to these developments from a variety of different disciplinary and sta...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026646230400073x

The Preliminary Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies for the Prioritization of Health Technology Assessments: A Discussion

Gareth Harper, Joy L. Townsend, Martin J Buxton • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (1998)

This paper critically evaluates methods for the preliminary economic evaluation of health technologies and the prioritization of health technology assessment projects. It reports on the literature, and considers methods currently employed a...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026646230001196x

Health Technologies and Women of the Third World

Pamela Bolton, Carl Kendall, Elli Leontsini, Corinne Whitaker • Routledge eBooks (2019)

The need to review the impact of international health programs and technologies on women has been voiced increasingly in the field of international health. This chapter discusses issues related both to technologies for women’s health and to...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367274559-3

Pathway analysis of the impact of family function and self-efficacy on depression and anxiety in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fangliang Zou, Yi Fang, Yanshan Lin, Zikai Feng et al. • BMC Psychology (2024)

Abstract Background Patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) experience significant psychological distress due to infertility, with depression and anxiety being the most common manifestations. This study investigates the i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-02246-y

International practices in health technology assessment and public financing of digital health technologies: recommendations for Hungary

Fruzsina Mezei, Krisztián Horváth, M. Pálfi, Kornélia Lovas et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2023)

Background: Evaluating and integrating digital health technologies is a critical component of a national healthcare ecosystem in the 2020s and is expected to even increase in significance. Design: The paper gives an overview of internationa...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1197949 PMC: 10501404

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN CANADA

Devidas Menon, Leigh-Ann Topfer • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVES: Since 1988, four government-funded health technology assessment (HTA) agencies have been established in Canada. This paper is a descriptive review of reports issued by these organizations during the period from 1988 to 1998. MET...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300102168

Methods for studying health disparities in U.S. nursing homes: a scoping review

Hanne Marie Rostad, Lucille Xiang, Elizabeth M. White • BMC Health Services Research (2025)

Abstract Background Health disparities exist across healthcare settings, including nursing homes, contributing to preventable differences in care quality. Health disparities are a global issue, yet most studies on nursing home health dispar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13071-3

Analysis of TORCH screening and prenatal risk assessment for childbearing-age women in different regions of China

Yuan Zhang, Ya Zhang, Jing Wang, Li Lin et al. • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2025)

Abstract Objective By conducting TORCH screening and risk assessment analysis on childbearing-age women in different regions of China, the aim is to provide reference for reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes and improving the health status o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41043-025-01084-x

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN EUROPE

Richard Cookson, Alan Maynard • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

This paper discusses the challenges facing health technology assessment (HTA) in Europe, based on an explicit analysis of the characteristics of an "optimal" HTA system. It has three objectives: a) to elaborate an explicit system of policy ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300101199

Cross-national validation of the MHQoL: psychometric evaluation and open-source tools for assessing mental health quality of life

Beatriz Olaya, Christina Maria van der Feltz-Cornelis, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frederick W Thielen et al. • BMJ Open (2026)

Objectives To validate the cross-national psychometric properties of the Mental Health Quality of Life questionnaire (MHQoL) and to develop an open-source toolbox for its scoring, transformation and presentation.Design Secondary analysis of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108598

Operating pesticide use reduction within the boundary of food security in peri-urban settings

Yuquan W. Zhang, Bruce A. McCarl, Zhengwei Cao, Qiang Li et al. • Fundamental Research (2022)

Pesticide use in peri-urban areas affects the urban environment and public health, and reducing the use may present food security issues for urban dwellers. In this study, we explore how a municipality-adopted goal of a 20% reduction in pes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.04.003

The Emergence of Personalized Health Technology

Luke Nelson Allen, Gillian Christie • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2016)

Personalized health technology is a noisy new entrant to the health space, yet to make a significant impact on population health but seemingly teeming with potential. Devices including wearable fitness trackers and healthy-living apps are d...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5357 PMC: 4890734