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Considerations in defining evidence for public health The European advisory committee on health research world health organization regional office for Europe

TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

[No abstract available]

article 2003

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Health promotion and disease prevention as a complement to community health indicators: Working group 1

TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author), Hatziandreu, E. (author), Dauben, H.P. (author), Førde, O.H. (author), Loud, M.L. (author), Isacsson, S.O. (author), Paccaud, F. (author), Sanchez, E. (author), Steiger, T.S. (author)

The aim of Working Group 1 has been to assess health promotion and disease prevention activities in terms of benefits, risks, and economic, social, and ethical implications as a complement to community health indicators. Objectives: The objectives delineated for Working Group 1 were: 1) to analyze current initiatives to assess health promotion...

article 2002

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HTA methods, and the purchase of highly qualified services, and other policy concerns

TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

report 2002

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A review of health technology assessment methods in the field of pharmaceuticals: working paper 2

TNO Prevention and Health TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

report 2002

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Standard of health services purchased in the national health care system in Poland: appendix on HTA methodology

TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

report 2002

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HTA methods, and the purchase of highly qualified services, and other policy concerns: working paper 3

TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

report 2002

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Creation of the health benefits pacjage proposal with specification of groups of services with the best and worst efficiency parameters: working paper 6

TNO Prevention and Health (author), Banta, H.D. (author), Landa, K. (author)

report 2002

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Standard of health services purchased in the national health insurance system in Poland: working paper 4

TNO Prevention and Health TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Banta, H.D. (author)

report 2002

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The ethics of assessing health technologies

van der Wilt, G.J. (author), Reuzel, R. (author), Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Health technology assessment (HTA) consists of the systematic study of the consequences of the introduction or continued use of the technology in a particular context, with the explicit objective to arrive at a judgment of the value or merit of the technology. Ideally, it is aimed at assessing all aspects of a given technology or group of...

article 2000

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An approach to the social control of hospital technologies

Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

report 1995

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Strategies for successful evaluation and policy-making toward health care technology on the move: The case of medical lasers

Banta, H.D. (author), Vondeling, H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Evaluating new health care technology that is rapidly diffusing is one of the greatest challenges to researchers and policy-makers. If no evaluation is done until the technology is mature, evaluation will not influence processes of diffusion. If evaluation is done early, it may be irrelevant when it is completed because of developments in the...

article 1994

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Health care technology in Sweden

Jonsson, E. (author), Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Health care in Sweden is a public sector responsibility and equity in access to care is quite important. The Swedish system is organized into several levels, with the Federation of County Councils at the top, and with regional, county, and local levels. In theory, the four hospital tiers developed by these different levels provide a clear...

article 1994

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The future and health care technology: Implications of a system for early identification

Banta, H.D. (author), Gelijns, A.C. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Future and emerging health care technologies are increasingly high-impact events for society in terms of the quality and costs of health care. They raise issues of efficacy, safety, resource allocation, ethics, impact on the organization and delivery of care, and broad social effects. This article describes an analysis of future and emerging...

article 1994

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Health care technology as a policy issue

Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Health care technology has become an increasingly visible issue in many countries, primarily because of the rising costs of health care. In addition, many questions concerning quality of care are being raised. Health care technology assessment has been seen as an aid in addressing questions concerning technology, including benefits and costs. A...

article 1994

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Introduction. Minimally invasive therapy in five European countries: Diffusion, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Banta, H.D. (author), Instituut voor verouderings- en vaatziekten onderzoek TNO (author)

Minimally invasive therapy (MIT) is a field that has gained a great deal of attention since the mid-1980s. MIT is a new and rapidly growing area of medical treatment based on developments in endoscopy, vascular catheters, imaging devices, and related technologies. Although endoscopes have been in use for more than 100 years, it is relatively new...

article 1993

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Implications for hospitals, health workers, and patients

Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)

Minimally invasive surgery is one of the great innovations of health care in the 20th century. It promises to revolutionise surgery by allowing many more operations to be performed with minimal hospitalisation. Pressure from patients has caused many techniques to spread rapidly before they have been adequately assessed. This must be resisted,...

article 1993

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The cost-effectiveness of 10 selected applications in minimally invasive therapy

Banta, H.D. (author), Instituut voor verouderings- en vaatziekten onderzoek TNO (author)

In this article, evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the following procedures is reviewed: (1) laser treatment of bladder tumors; (2) extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy; (3) laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis; (4) laparoscopic removal of ovarian cysts; (5) laparoscopic cholecystectomy; (6)...

article 1993

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Diffusion of minimally invasive therapy in Europe

Banta, H.D. (author), Vondeling, H. (author), Instituut voor verouderings- en vaatziekten onderzoek TNO (author)

This paper considers the diffusion of the 10 cases presented in this issue. Most of the cases have diffused relatively slowly. This slow diffusion can be explained by a number of factors, including budgetary restraints, financial incentives, physician conservatism, and lack of appropriate training. A consistent thread in the cases is the...

article 1993

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Diffusion of minimally invasive therapy in The Netherlands

Vondeling, H. (author), Haerkens, E. (author), de Wit, A. (author), Bos, M. (author), Banta, H.D. (author), Centrum voor medische technologie TNO Instituut voor verouderings- en vaatziekten onderzoek TNO (author)

In the context of the European project, the diffusion of 10 selected cases of minimally invasive therapy (MIT) in the Dutch health care system was documented and analyzed. In each case the diffusion pattern resulting from the balance of stimulating and impeding factors is described, and summarized in a matrix framework. Budgetary pressures, lack...

article 1993

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Quality of life: 1. Perspectives

Banta, H.D. (author), Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author)

Assessing the value of health care interventions is more and more a concern of governments, clinicians, health insurance companies, policy makers, and the general public. One dimension of the outcomes of such interventions that has received relatively little attention until recently is quality of life. However, during the last decade, measuring...

article 1993