This article discusses the development of Heath Technology Assessment methods and HTA institutions, in regards to meeting the information needs of all levels and fields of health policy-making. On the one hand, HTA needs to expand and develop its methods. Although health products and health care...

Ansätze anderer Industrieländer sind zunehmend Vorbild für gesundheitspolitische Reformen in Deutschland. Am Beispiel des Gesetzes zur Modernisierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung untersucht dieser Beitrag den Einfluss anderer Gesundheitssysteme auf die deutsche Reformdebatte erstmals...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: The high number of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has facilitated greater research, resulting in the development of innovative medical devices. So far, results from economic evaluations that compared drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) have not...</emphasis>

Background:Background: The high number of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has facilitated greater research, resulting in the development of innovative medical devices. So far, results from economic evaluations that compared drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS)...