The first annual Egon Jonsson Award, given by HTAi in recognition of an outstanding article in the International Journal of Technology in Health Care, has been awarded to:
P Trueman et al., "The feasibility of harmonizing health technology assessments across jurisdictions: A case study of drug eluting stents," IJTAHC 25 (October 2009), 455-462.
The following papers were also nominated as finalists for the award:
J Elston et al., “Use of surrogate outcomes in cost-effectiveness models: A review of UK HTA Reports” (Issue One)
MGH Nizen et al., “Finding legitimacy for the role of budget impact in drug reimbursement decisions” (Issue One)
I Dhalla et al., “Perspectives on NICE’s recommendations to use health technologies only in research” (Issue 3)
M Velasco Garrido et sal., “Surrogate outcomes in HTA: an international comparison” (Issue 3)
J Glanville et al., “How well do search filters perform in identifying economic evaluations in MEDLINE and EMBASE” (Issue 4)