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HTA in Central and Eastern European countries; the 2001: A Space Odyssey and efficiency gain

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The authors are grateful to Petra Baji, Valentin Brodszky (Corvinus University of Budapest), Professor Devidas Menon (Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta), Prof. David Banta, Prof. Egon Jonsson (Institute of Health Economics, University of Alberta, University of Calgary), Chris Sargent (Managing Director, Health Technolgy Assessment International, HTAi, Institute of Health Economics, Alberta), Tara Schuller (INAHTA Secretariat, Institute of Health Economics, Alberta), and Olga Loblova (Central European University, Budapest), and special thanks to Ildikó Kaposi (American University in Kuwait), for their contribution.

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Gulácsi, L., Péntek, M. HTA in Central and Eastern European countries; the 2001: A Space Odyssey and efficiency gain. Eur J Health Econ 15, 675–680 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0608-2

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