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NICE comes of age
Author(s) -
Rawlins Michael D.,
Dillon Andrew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/1740-9713.01378
Subject(s) - nice , government (linguistics) , management , service (business) , public administration , operations research , economic history , political science , medicine , history , engineering , economics , computer science , economy , philosophy , linguistics , programming language
In April 1999, the British government established a new institute, NICE, to assess the clinical and cost‐effectiveness of medicines and devices for use by the National Health Service in England. To mark its 21st birthday, NICE's former chair, Michael D. Rawlins , and former chief executive, Andrew Dillon , reflect on the organisation's contributions – plus a few controversies along the way