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Health Technology Assessment Programme
Links to selected reports

The Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) is  established and funded by the Department of Health.
The purpose of the programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the costs, effectiveness and broader impact of health technologies is produced in the most effective way for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS.

The links below are to HTA reports of particular interest to the Public Health Observatory. The HTA site, including links to summaries and full text publications is at  http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk

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Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) following fractures in older people: a systematic review, 2000; 4 (2)

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Screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia: a systematic review with supplementary research, 2000; 4 (3)

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Costs and benefits of community postnatal support workers: a randomised controlled trial, 2000; 4 (6)

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The effectiveness of domiciliary health visiting: a systematic review of international studies and a selective review of the British literature, 2000; 4 (13)

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The Public Health Observatory is part of the South West Observatory, a wider Regional intelligence function, currently supported by the South West Regional Assembly, the Department of Health, Government Office South West, the South West of England Regional Development Agency and the Environment Agency.