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6. Symposium Health Technology Assessment

Deutsche Agentur für HTA des DIMDI – DAHTA@DIMDI

03. bis 04.11.2005, Köln

Non-medical information sources for HTA: their importance and use

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  • author Malene Fabricius Jensen - Danish Center for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment (DACEHTA), National Board of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

Deutsche Agentur für Health Technology Assessment des Deutschen Instituts für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information. 6. Symposium Health Technology Assessment. Köln, 03.-04.11.2005. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2006. Doc05hta18

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Published: February 13, 2006

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Abstract

The aim of health technology assessments (HTAs) is to provide input for decision-making processes by a systematic evaluation of the assumptions for and consequences of the application of health related technologies. An HTA is to a large extent based on available evidence, and therefore a systematic literature review of the aspects of the HTA is necessary to answer the questions of the HTA. The questions often include clinical as well as non-clinical issues such as ethical and organisational aspects, but where and how can non-clinical information be retrieved? During this presentation selected information sources and search approaches will be introduced, and the importance of including non-clinical information in health technology assessments will be discussed.


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The complete lecture can be found on the website of DIMDI: http://www.dimdi.de/static/de/hta/symposien/2005/index.htm