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Assessing Technology Assessment: Early Results of the Quebec Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Robert Jacob  and
Renaldo N. Battista
Robert Jacob
Affiliation:
Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services
Renaldo N. Battista
Affiliation:
McGill University
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Abstract

The Quebec Council on Health Care Technology Assessment was created in 1988. Its functions are to promote, support, and produce health care technology assessments and to advise the Minister of Health. An independent review of the council’s first four years of operation was commissioned. The evaluation team concluded that the council showed very good results in terms of the scope, quality, and impact of its production and succeeded in establishing its credibility. However, the evaluation team suggested that the council adopt a more active strategy toward the promotion and diffusion of its reports. Some critical determinants of success of the Quebec experience in technology assessment are discussed.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , Fall 1993 , pp. 564 - 572
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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