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Case Study: Needs-Based Technology Assessment and Essential National Health Research: Experience in the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Tessa L. Tan-Torres
Tessa L. Tan-Torres
Affiliation:
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
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Abstract

Essential national health research (ENHR) ensures that health research will be undertaken in priority areas defined by the people and will be used in decision making. Needs-based technology assessment (NBTA) is anchored on the ENHR philosophy. Two case studies are presented, one illustrating a successful application of NBTA and the other a failed approach. Reasons for the difference in success are examined.

Type
Special Section: Needs-Based Technology Assessment: Who Can Afford Not to Use It?
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , Fall 1995 , pp. 695 - 699
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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