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Pellise try The Stationery Office (UK government documents) for the DOH reference. I don't have the address, but the Spanish Health Technology Assessment office (AETS) may be able to help. Their web address is listed on the INAHTA's site http://www.inahta.org regards Andrew Jull Clinical Nurse Consultant Auckland Hospital NEW ZEALAND > -----Original Message----- > From: Pellisé Urquizo, Laura [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 1999 06:47 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: criteria for providing wheelchairs > > Dear list members, > I am working as advisor at the Ministry of health in Spain. I am now > working in developing criteria for providing different types of > wheelchairs with public funds. > I am finding a lot of problems getting information on this topic in the > traditional published literature. I guess part of the problem is that > most of it is grey literature. That is the reason why I asking for your > help. > > Could please anybody inform me about: > > 1. other countries'experiences in developing criteria at a national or > local level (are you providing free wheelchair following explicit or > implicit criteria?); > 2. publications or "grey literature" related to this topic. All I have > is an article by Dr. Cristopher W Roy (Southern General Hospital NHS > Trust, Glasgow) in the BMJ. > 3. The e-mail or telephone number of Christopher Roy; > 4. the way of getting a copy of the following reference: > Dpeartment of Health. Powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs for > severely disabled people. Leeds: DoH, 1996 (HSG(96)34.) > 5. Studies on the prevalence of diseases and health care conditions > requiring different types of wheelchairs (what is the consumption of > wheelchairs in other countries, per capita?); > 6.Studies on the demand of different wheelchairs (are there predictions > on the need of wheelchairs?). > > I would really appreciate any help in answering to any of these > questions. In case of getting answers to my query, I would send back to > you a summary of the responses obtained. > > Thank you in advance for your help. > Best regards, > > Laura Pellisé > Ministry of Health > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%