United States Office of Technology Assessment
"United States Office of Technology Assessment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An office established to help Congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provided information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications. The Office of Technology Assessment closed on September 29, 1995.
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D014491
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I01.409.418.750.998 N03.540.348.500.500.998
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "United States Office of Technology Assessment" by people in Profiles.
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Fernandez AM, Schrogie JJ, Wilson WW, Nash DB. Technology assessment in healthcare: a review and description of a "best practice" technology assessment process. Best Pract Benchmarking Healthc. 1997 Nov-Dec; 2(6):240-53.