Health Technology Assessment for Policy Making in India: Current Scenario and Way Forward

Shankar Prinja¹, Laura E Downey², Vijay K Gauba³, Soumya Swaminathan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. shankarprinja@gmail.com.
² Global Health and Development, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1NY, UK.
³ Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India.

Editorial

Shankar Prinja et al. Pharmacoecon Open. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;2(1):1-3.

doi: 10.1007/s41669-017-0037-0.

Shankar Prinja¹, Laura E Downey², Vijay K Gauba³, Soumya Swaminathan^{3

4}

¹ School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. shankarprinja@gmail.com.
² Global Health and Development, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1NY, UK.
³ Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

No funding was received for this paper.

Shankar Prinja, Laura E. Downey, Vijay K. Gauba and Soumya Swaminathan declare no conflict of interest.

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