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Health technology assessment in Canada.
Canada's health system is a unique combination of public financing and private provision. With the significant government role in financing health services, health technology assessment (HTA) has found a ready audience as a form of policy research. In addition, Canada has been a leader in HTA and is entering a phase of deepening and maturation of HTA activities. The relative absence of dramatic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0266-4623,1471-6348
DOI: 10.1017/s0266462309090424