[:pb]Para a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), saúde é “um estado de completo bem-estar físico, mental e social e não meramente a ausência de doença ou enfermidade”. Esse conceito tão amplo, porém, se contrapõe à tradição de

[:pb]The incorporation of technologies in the healthcare sector is a complex process and requires careful study.Healthcare Technology Assessments (HTA), already fulfil this role in many countries and, in Brazil, they are mandatory for medicines, procedures or equipment’s

[:pb]The incorporation of technologies is a complex process that generally involves high costs for healthcare systems, whether public or private. Not to mention the responsibility for the lives of the population, a fundamental factor for all decision-making