Post Market Surveillance in the German Medical Device Sector – Current State and Future Perspectives
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Source: Health Policy - June 26, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Claus Zippel, Sabine Bohnet-Joschko Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Review of early assessment models of innovative medical technologies
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Source: Health Policy - June 26, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Iben Fasterholdt, Murray Krahn, Kristian Kidholm, Knud Bonnet Yderstr æde, Kjeld Møller Pedersen Source Type: research

Prioritisation of specialist health care services; not NICE, not easy but it can be done
Highly specialised medical technologies (HSTs) are revolutionising the management and treatment of patients in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In the UK HSTs are provided in relatively few hospitals with catchment populations of more than one million people and are services that are currently nationally commissioned (e.g. heart and lung transplantation). In general, these services can be relatively expensive to provide and some may be described as high cost/low volume services [1]. Conditions in this category usually affect fewer than 500 people across England and Wales, or involve services where fewer than 500 highly sp...
Source: Health Policy - June 26, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Pippa Anderson, Philip Webb, Sam Groves Source Type: research

New decision-making processes for the pricing of health technologies in Japan: the FY 2016/2017 pilot phase for the introduction of economic evaluations
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Source: Health Policy - June 24, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Takeru Shiroiwa, Takashi Fukuda, Shunya Ikeda, Tomoyuki Takura Tags: Health Reform Monitor Source Type: research

Consistency of priorities for quality improvement for nursing homes in Italy and Canada: a comparison of optimization models of resident satisfaction
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Source: Health Policy - June 24, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Barsanti, Kevin Walker, Chiara Seghieri, Antonella Rosa, Walter P. Wodchis Source Type: research