Health systems are placing more and more emphasis on designing and delivering services that are focused on the patient, and there is a growing interest in patient aspects of health policy research and health technology assessment (HTA). Only a few HTA agencies use and invest in scientific methods to generate knowledge and evidence about the patient aspects of a given technology. This raises questions about how knowledge is produced in HTA reports and what kind of knowledge is considered relevant. This article uses a Danish HTA on patient education from 2009 as empirical material for a critical examination and discussion of knowledge and knowledge production about the patient aspects of HTA. © Cambridge University Press 2011.
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Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T., & Hansen, H. P. (2011). Knowledge in health technology assessment: Who, what, how? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 27(4), 324–329. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462311000511
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