The G-BA regulates remuneration exclusions and restrictions in medicine provision for those with government health insurance. It also makes recommendations regarding the contents of disease management programmes and assesses new methods of medical examination and treatment.  An English interface is available but the search facility is only available in German. 

DIMDI was founded in 1969 and is an institute within the scope of the German Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (BMGS). DIMDI's objectives are to extend the literature databases it hosts to meet assessment requirements; support interest groups by providing information; support scientific applications and assessment methods by financing reports and developing standards in collaboration with scientific institutes; and provide a discussion platform for scientific faculties. Publications are listed. An English interface is also available.

The IQWiG is an independant scientific institute that examines the advantages of medical technologies for patients. The Institute investigates that which is therapeutically and diagnostically possible and reasonable, and informs physicians and patients. Some publications are listed and there is a Web search facility.

The Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) is a research facility of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS).  Results can be limited to publications, projects or archives. An English interface is available.

Joint Working Group of the Federal Physicians’ Self Governing Body and the Physicians’ Federal Financial Union is a joint working group formed April 26, 2002 to produce evidence-based findings about the assessment of medical methods. Some publications are listed. There is a simple and advanced Web search facility.

The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) was created in 1990 to improve the information base for the deliberations and the decision-making processes of the German Bundestag relating to research and technology. TAB is operated by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Research Centre and is an organisational unit of ITAS. TAB's primary task is to design and implement technology assessment (TA) projects. These projects are supplemented by monitoring and analysing important scientific and technological trends and the associated social developments (monitoring). TAB's work is strictly oriented towards the information needs of the German Parliament and its committees. The findings of TA projects and other TAB activities are primarily made available in the form of TAB working reports. An English interface is available.

The Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment (FSP BIOGUM) is a research group focussing on medical and neurobiological research. It also performs Biomedical Technology Assessment (BMTA). Publications are listed. Search the Universität Hamburg Web site using the Google™ search engine.