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Abstract
In order to decide whether a health technology is suitable for introduction into a developing country it is first necessary to assess both it and the infrastructural conditions in which it would have to function. The present article examines the rationale for establishing national health technology assessment programmes and outlines how they might be conducted.Keywords: Communicable Diseases; Cost Effectiveness; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Diseases; Economic Factors; Evaluation; Evaluation Indexes; Health; Health Services; Infections; International Agencies; Organizations; Quantitative Evaluation; Technology; Un; Who
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1466744
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World Health Forum ISSN: 0251-2432