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The Commission for Health Improvement[for England and Wales] The Commission for Health Improvement's aim is to improve the quality of patient care in the NHS. CHI will raise standards by assessing every NHS organisation and making its findings public , investigating when there is serious failure , checking that the NHS is following national guidelines and advising the NHS on best practice http://www.chi.nhs.uk/ USA Office of Technology Assessment Lists of U.S.A. OTA publications, arranged alphabetically, chronologically, and topically. All the official OTA assessments from 1974-1995 are archived at this site, along with many background papers and other documents. http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/ns20/pubs_f.html Health Economics (Journal) Publishers page which offers access to abstracts of the journal 'Health Economics'. Online full text for subscribers onl y. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=5749 Millbank Quarterly A uniquely in-depth assessment of the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of health care policy. http://www.milbank.org/quarterly.html Health Technology Board for Scotland Provides advice to the NHS Scotland on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new and existing health technologies; such as medicines, devices, clinical procedures and healthcare s ettings http://www.htbs.org.uk/Default.htm HealthEconomics.Com A world-wide list of resources on health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, managed care, value in medicine, health-related quality of life, performance assessment, and quality of care. http://www.healtheconomics.com/ |
