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- Title
Reflections on the social epidemiologic dimension of health technology assessment.
- Authors
Arminée Kazanjian
- Abstract
Certain key parameters such as safety, efficacy, effectiveness, and cost effectiveness have long been established as key in HTA analysis. Equally important, however, are sociolegal and epidemiologic perspectives. A comprehensive analytic framework will consider the implications of using a technology in the context of societal norms, cultural values, and social institutions and relations. The methodology in which this expanded framework has been developed is termed Strategic HTA to denote its power for the decision-making process. In addition to systematic reviews of published evidence, it incorporates analyses of the influence of dominant social relations on technological development and diffusion. This essay discusses the social epidemiologic aspects of health technology assessment, which includes factors such as sex and gender. It seeks to show how it is possible to bring data from wide-ranging disciplinary perspectives within the parameters of a single scientific inquiry; to draw from them scientifically defensible conclusions; and thereby to realize a deeper understanding of technology impact within a health care system. Armed with such an understanding, policy officials will be better prepared to resolve the competitive clamor of stakeholder voices, and to make the most equitable use of the available resources.
- Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL norms; CULTURAL values; SOCIAL institutions; DECISION making
- Publication
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2004, Vol 20, Issue 2, p167
- ISSN
0266-4623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0266462304000947