ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES

CONCLUSIONS

• UAssessment reports on any potentially obsolete health technology must implicitly entail a systematic review.
• A common structure for obsolete health technology reports will enable the various bodies interested in drafting such reports to do so in a standard manner.
• The proposed structure enables a report to focus on the obsolete health technology in question and concisely compare it to its alternatives.
• Citing the level of evidence that underpins the conclusions and recommendations provides health authorities with one more decision-making element in respect of the decisions to be taken with respect to the technology assessed.