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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 Population-Adjusted Indirect Comparisons in Health Technology Appraisal

David Phillippo, Anthony E. Ades, Sofia Dias, Stephen Palmer et al. • Medical Decision Making (2017)

Standard methods for indirect comparisons and network meta-analysis are based on aggregate data, with the key assumption that there is no difference between the trials in the distribution of effect-modifying variables. Methods which relax t...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x17725740 PMC: 5774635

Evaluation of Blood-Based Antibody Rapid Testing for HIV Early Therapy: A Meta-Analysis of the Evidence

Xiaojie Huang, Xinchao Liu, Jieqing Chen, Yugang Bao et al. • Frontiers in Immunology (2018)

BackgroundWestern blot (WB) assay is considered the gold standard test for HIV infection confirmation. However, it requires technical expertise and is quite time-consuming. WHO recommends blood-based rapid diagnosis to achieve same-day test...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01458

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

Barriers and facilitators of retention in care after cervical cancer screening: patients’ and healthcare providers’ perspectives

Judith Owokuhaisa, Eleanor Turyakira, Frank Ssedyabane, Deusdedit Tusubira et al. • BMC Women's Health (2024)

Abstract Background Cervical cancer continues to threaten women’s health, especially in low-resource settings. Regular follow-up after screening and treatment is an effective strategy for monitoring treatment outcomes. Consequently, underst...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03343-1

Improving the credibility of electronic health technologies

JEWC van Gemert-Pinjen, S. Wynchank, H. Dominic Covvey, Hans C. Ossebaard • Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2012)

E-health can also improve health equity by facilitating access to health information and services. However, the success of e-health is lagging behind expectations. Studies have shown health care innovation to be very complex and there is li...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.11.099804 PMC: 3341695

TOWARD TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

David M. Hailey • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2003)

OBJECTIVES: As an initiative of the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA), a checklist for assessment reports was developed as a means of improving transparency and consistency in HTA. METHODS: Preparat...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462303000011

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

European network for Health Technology Assessment, EUnetHTA: Planning, development, and implementation of a sustainable European network for Health Technology Assessment

Finn Børlum Kristensen, Marjukka Mākelä, Susanna Allgurin Neikter, Nina Rehnqvist et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

OBJECTIVES: The European network on Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) aimed to produce tangible and practical results to be used in the various phases of health technology assessment and to establish a framework and processes to suppo...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309990754

A living archive of JEDI curriculum reform in graduate STEMM education

Shinyi Hsieh, Geremy D. Lowe, D'Anne S. Duncan, D'Anne S. Duncan • Frontiers in Education (2026)

Educational reform has become an important response to intersecting sociopolitical pressures, not only in the broader field of education but also in graduate education in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM), where s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1856079

Inspiratory pressure waveform influences time to failure, respiratory muscle fatigue, and metabolism during resistive breathing

Mathias Krogh Poulsen, Stephen E. Rees, John Hansen, Andrew J. T. Stevenson et al. • Physiological Reports (2023)

Abstract Increased ventilatory work beyond working capacity of the respiratory muscles can induce fatigue, resulting in limited respiratory muscle endurance (Tlim). Previous resistive breathing investigations all applied square wave inspira...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15668

The Role of Health Technology and Informatics in a Global Public Health Emergency: Practices and Implications From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jiancheng Ye • JMIR Medical Informatics (2020)

At present, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is spreading around the world. It is a critical and important task to take thorough efforts to prevent and control the pandemic. Compared with severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/19866 PMC: 7388036