From cost-effectiveness information to decision-making on liquid-based cytology: Mind the gap.

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OBJECTIVE: This paper explores the policy process involved in the production of cost-effectiveness information in the context of both national and local policy-making requirements. We use the decision to implement a new technology for cervical cancer screening (liquid-based cytology) in England as a case study. METHODS: The analysis traces the initial decision by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence to commission further research before implementing this new technology, t...

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Authors: Legood, R; Wolstenholme, J; Gray, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Volume: 89
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 193-200
• Publication date: 2009-02-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.06.001
• EISSN: 1872-6054
• ISSN: 0168-8510
• Language: English
• Keywords: Decision Making; Female; Advisory Committees; Cytodiagnosis; Diffusion of Innovation; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; England; Pilot Projects; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Humans; Mass Screening