HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, AND SCREENING IN EUROPE

Objective: To present a summary of the papers in this volume, illustrating the links between health technology assessment (HTA), health policies and specifically policies toward prevention and screening, and implementation of screening tests in the case of three screening methods: mammography screen...

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Published in:International journal of technology assessment in health care 2001-07, Vol.17 (3), p.409-417
Main Authors: Banta, H. David, Oortwijn, Wija, Cranovsky, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Europe
Female
Funding
Health care policy
Health Policy
Health services
Health technology assessment
Humans
Male
Mammography
Mammography - utilization
Mass Screening - utilization
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Open systems
Pregnancy
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Preventive services
Prostate cancer
Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood
PSA testing
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Taxation
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography, Prenatal - utilization
Ultrasound
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Summary:Objective: To present a summary of the papers in this volume, illustrating the links between health technology assessment (HTA), health policies and specifically policies toward prevention and screening, and implementation of screening tests in the case of three screening methods: mammography screening for breast cancer, screening for prostate cancer, and routine use of ultrasound in pregnancy. Method: To commission papers from eight European countries based on a set of questions to be answered, as well as a paper synthesizing the scientific literature on the three screening procedures. Results: Indicate that few of the countries examined have developed effective links between HTA, health policy, and implementation related to screening procedures. Only Sweden and the Netherlands appear to have developed such links. In the other countries, HTA has a limited role in determining health policy. It also seems to be uncommon for countries to have a specific prevention strategy. Conclusion: The major conclusion is that countries of Europe need to develop HTA as part of prevention policies.
ISSN:0266-4623
1471-6348
DOI:10.1017/S0266462301106124