Application 1071
The use of INR point-of-care testing in general practice
Application No. | 1071 |
| Application Name | The use of INR point-of-care testing in general practice |
| Advisory Panels | Professor Syd Bell (Chair and MSAC member) Assoc. Professor John Atherton (MSAC member) Ms Karen Carey-Hazell (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia) Assoc. Professor Liz Farmer (Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners nominee) Assoc. Professor Eng Gan (Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand nominee) Dr Mark Nelson (Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners nominee) Dr Beverley Rowbotham (Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 12 December 2003 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 18 May 2005 meeting. After consideration of safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, there is insufficient evidence to support the use of INR point-of-care testing in general practice at this stage. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 4 July 2005 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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