Background Social scientists have paid increasing attention to health technology
assessment (HTA). This paper provides an overview of existing social scientific literature on …

Health Policy, Power and Politics Page 1 163 Abstract systems, 30–31 Accountability, 25, 27
for reasonableness, 59–60 Accountable care organisations (ACOs), 16 Acheson report, 107 …

Background: Across Western Europe, procedures and formalised criteria for taking decisions
on the coverage (inclusion in the benefits basket or equivalent) of healthcare technologies …

Objectives Involvement of patients and medical professionals in assessment of relative
effectiveness (relative effectiveness assessment) contributes to an efficient and effective …

In the British NHS the principle of exceptionality involves assessing whether a patient is
sufficiently different from the generality of patients to justify providing a treatment, such as an …

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) remains a powerful, albeit controversial, influence in
Western healthcare systems, but social scientists have found it difficult to observe just how …

Decisions need to be made about which services or technologies should be prioritized for
provision in the NHS in England. The analysis focuses specifically on the National Institute …

194 THE MEANING BEHIND THE CONCEPT OF MAIMPU ANAK AS A REFLECTION OF THE
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL WISDOM OF THE BANJAR COMMUNITY Rissar Page 1 Kongres …

In their commentary, Stuart Peacock and Colene Bentley focus on priority setting and
disinvestment decisionmaking. 2 They note that 'it is quite evident that disinvestment …