This article discusses the development of Heath Technology Assessment methods and HTA institutions, in regards to meeting the information needs of all levels and fields of health policy-making. On the one hand, HTA needs to expand and develop its methods. Although health products and health care...

Ansätze anderer Industrieländer sind zunehmend Vorbild für gesundheitspolitische Reformen in Deutschland. Am Beispiel des Gesetzes zur Modernisierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung untersucht dieser Beitrag den Einfluss anderer Gesundheitssysteme auf die deutsche Reformdebatte erstmals...

Following the US experience, activity-based funding has become the most common mechanism for reimbursing hospitals in Europe. Focusing on five European countries (England, Finland, France, Germany and Ireland), this paper reviews the motivation for introducing activity-based funding, together...