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Wat is ME-TA?

ME-TA is een onafhankelijke Belgische instelling, opgericht in 2010 door Joan Vlayen, Ann Van den Bruel en Mattias Neyt.
 
In de internationale context van Health Technology Assessment en Good Clinical Practice stellen wij onze expertise in deze domeinen ter beschikking aan buitenlandse non-profit organisaties.
 
Meer informatie vindt u op de pagina 'Wat kunnen wij u bieden'.


 
Voor wie werken wij?
Om elk belangenconflict te vermijden worden HTA's enkel voor non-profit organisaties uitgevoerd. Onze opleiding en training staat open voor iedereen.  
 
 
 
Recente publicaties 
 
Van den Bruel A, Thompson M, Buntinx F, Mant D. Clinicians' gut feeling about serious infections in children: observational study. BMJ. 2012 Sep 25;345:e6144. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6144.
 
Neyt M, Van den Bruel A. The cost-effectiveness of tiotropium for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): the importance of the comparator. Eur J Health Econ. 2012 Aug;13(4):379-80.
 
Van Brabandt H, Neyt M, Hulstaert F. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): risky and costly. BMJ. 2012 Jul 31;345:e4710. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4710.
 
Neyt M, Cleemput I, Thiry N, De Laet C. Calculating an intervention's (cost-)effectiveness for the real-world target population: the potential of combining strengths of both RCTs and observational data. Health Policy. 2012 Jul;106(2):207-10.
 
Neyt M, Van Brabandt H. Cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: overoptimistic study results and a call for publication of complete trial results. Heart. 2012 Jul;98(13):1031-3.
 
Stordeur S, Vrijens F, Devriese S, Beirens K, Van Eycken E, Vlayen J. Developing and measuring a set of process and outcome indicators for breast cancer. Breast. 2012 Jun;21(3):253-60.
 
Vrijens F, Stordeur S, Beirens K, Devriese S, Van Eycken E, Vlayen J. Effect of hospital volume on processes of care and 5-year survival after breast cancer: a population-based study on 25000 women. Breast. 2012 Jun;21(3):261-6.
 
Vlayen J, Vrijens F, Devriese S, Beirens K, Van Eycken E, Stordeur S. Quality indicators for testicular cancer: a population-based study. Eur J Cancer. 2012 May;48(8):1133-40.
 
Banerjee A, Newman DR, Van den Bruel A, Heneghan C. Diagnostic accuracy of exercise stress testing for coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Int J Clin Pract. 2012 May;66(5):477-92.
 
Neyt M, Van Brabandt H, Devriese S, Van De Sande S. A cost-utility analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Belgium: focusing on a well-defined and identifiable population. BMJ Open. 2012 May 4;2(3). pii: e001032. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001032.
 
Thompson M, Van den Bruel A, Verbakel J, Lakhanpaul M, Haj-Hassan T, Stevens R, Moll H, Buntinx F, Berger M, Aertgeerts B, Oostenbrink R, Mant D. Systematic review and validation of prediction rules for identifying children with serious infections in emergency departments and urgent-access primary care. Health Technol Assess. 2012;16(15):1-100.
 
Van den Bruel A, Thompson MJ, Haj-Hassan T, Stevens R, Moll H, Lakhanpaul M, Mant D. Diagnostic value of laboratory tests in identifying serious infections in febrile children: systematic review. BMJ. 2011 Jun 8;342:d3082. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3082.