Analysis of The National Institutes of Health Medicare Coverage Assessment
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- general essay
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 6 (3) , 480-488
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300001069
Abstract
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is periodically asked to conduct assessments of new medical technologies to assist in coverage decisions made at the Office of Health Technology Assessment (OHTA) for the Health Care Financing Administration coverage policy. Analysis of NIH assessments indicates that even though most NIH assessments rely only on expert opinion, OHTA agreed with NIH recommendaations in over 90%.Keywords
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