Review of early assessment models of innovative medical technologies

Iben Fasterholdt, Murray Krahn, Kristian Kidholm, Knud Bonnet Yderstræde and Kjeld Møller Pedersen

Health Policy, 2017, vol. 121, issue 8, 870-879

Abstract: Hospitals increasingly make decisions regarding the early development of and investment in technologies, but a formal evaluation model for assisting hospitals early on in assessing the potential of innovative medical technologies is lacking. This article provides an overview of models for early assessment in different health organisations and discusses which models hold most promise for hospital decision makers.

Keywords: Early assessment; Scoping review; Health technology assessment; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.06.006

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