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Recommended Websites
Systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. Free summaries online: current BU students and faculty may access full text Cochrane Reviews via Ovid.
Reviews on technologies for diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease.
From the University of York and the UK National Institute for Health Research: resources for researchers and the DARE, NHS EED and HTA databases of systematic reviews.
Information for researchers from the UK Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.
Reports in English and/or French.
UK-based independent organization providing guidance on public health, health technologies and clinical practice.
A service of the Federation of American Scientists, this site provides formal assessments of various technologies, including biomedical topics.
Reports on public health evidence.
Government Agencies and Resources
Agency in Québec; reports in French and English.
Reports in English and French.
A "catalog of cleared and approved medical device information from FDA."
Documents useful for health care decision making from the National Library of Medicine
From the Washington state government, health technology reviews and information.
2007 handbook from the Danish National Board of Health. PDF document, in English: 189 pages.
A program from the UK National Institute for Health Research.
Three FDA centers are relevant to the research involved in HTA: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Internet Guides and Pathfinders
2008 guide from Canada's Institute of Health Economics. PDF: 36 pages.
Professional Associations
"[C]oordinates the efforts of 29 European countries including 25 Member States of the European Union in evaluating health technology in Europe."
