This monograph was encouraged by the Council on Health Care Technology
as a contribution of the Methods Panel in carrying out its charge to develop and
improve the methodologies, techniques, and procedures of technology
assessment. Members of the Methods Panel provided comments concerning the
original plan and the drafts of this volume. In the early stages William N.
Hubbard, Richard A. Rettig, and Enriqueta Bond helped launch the project;
Clifford Goodman, Leslie Hardy, and Sharon Baratz have helped it through to
completion; Kathleen N. Lohr has participated in the editing.