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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on April 19, 2009
The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(3):227; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp054
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Health technology assessment and public health: a time for convergence

Renaldo N. Battista and Louise Lafortune

Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal

Correspondence: Renaldo N. Battista, Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Québec, Canada, e-mail: renaldo.battista@umontreal.ca

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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Public Health have more in common than meets the eye. Despite having distinct historical trajectories and organizational structures, these fields of applied research share several key defining features: the interdisciplinary nature of their core activities and required expertise; the use of a variety of methods to generate and synthesize evidence; and their enhanced focus on knowledge translation. In light of unprecedented technological innovation, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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