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Health Technology Assessment Review

Publications and Resources

Relevant resources that provide further information about the Review:

In this section:

Media Release:

The joint press release formally announcing the HTA Review as a Better Regulation Ministerial Partnership was issued by the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, on 18 December 2008.
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr08-nr-nr187.htm and http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2008/mr_462008_joint.html

Publications:


Allen Report - Description of Selected Health Technology Assessment Processes - June 2008

Allen Report - Description of Selected Health Technology Assessment Processes - June 2008 (PDF 1146 KB)
If you have any difficulty accessing the PDF, please contact hta.review@health.gov.au.

Report of the Review of the Prostheses Listing Arrangements October 2007 (Doyle Review)

Rethinking Regulation – Report of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Business January 2006 (the Banks Review);

Impacts of Advances in Medical Technology in Australia August 2005 (Productivity Commission);

Report of the Review of Medical Services Advisory Committee - May 2005 (MSAC Review).

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