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The Consensus Development Conference and the European Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Johannes Vang
Affiliation:
WHO Regional Office for Europe

Extract

The consensus development program for health care is an American invention which dates back to 1977. It is derived out of concern for the appropriate use of medical technology and designed to formalize the process by which research pertinent to health care is disseminated and used.

Type
Technology Assessment: Policy, Clinical, and Methodological Issues
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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