Positron emission tomography: establishing priorities for health technology assessment
Robert G, Milne R
Record Status
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.
Citation
Robert G, Milne R. Positron emission tomography: establishing priorities for health technology assessment. Health Technology Assessment 1999; 3(16): 1-54
Authors' objectives
This 3-month project had two explicit objectives:
1. to review the state of knowledge regarding the clinical applications of PET
2. to determine the key health technology assessment (HTA) research questions relating to the use of PET in the UK.
Authors' conclusions
The findings of this project, which was undertaken rapidly in order to inform HTA research prioritisation in the UK, provide a contemporary overview of the potential clinical role for PET in the NHS. Evidence is needed that using PET as a diagnostic technique will alter patient management. This underlies the cost-effectiveness research priorities established by this project.
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