Technology assessment at the German Bundestag: ‘expertising’ democracy for ‘democratising’ expertise

IntroductionOpposition parties in Germany are allowed to send formal requests to the government to control actions and pass important political debates to the parliament. These formal requests include a comprehensive analysis report issued by the scientific service of the German parliament. A systematic overview of these reports would support a deeper understanding about healthcare topics and assessments discussed by parties in the highest German decision body, particularly in the field of nursing.MethodsWe conducted a review using the German parliament “Bundestag” database for all formal requests since 1949. To systemize the formal requests we performed a quantitative category analysis using descriptive statistics.ResultsWe identified 26,197 formal requests with 146 reports related to nursing issued between 1978 and 2019. The 146 reports related to nursing accounted for 0.54 percent of all requests. Almost 30 percent of these requests were related to recruitment and qualification. The second major topic, with 15 percent, was financing of the nursing sector. Of all 146 formal requests in the history of the Bundestag, 55 percent (n = 81) were issued in the last 10 years.ConclusionsNursing is an emerging topic in the German parliament, highlighting the demographic shift in Germany and the growing pressure in the nursing care sector. Health Technology Assessment bodies should be informed and work together with the scientific services of parliamentary bodies. This would support a more transparent and evidence based healthcare system, aside from lobbyism.

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Groundwater Protection and Water Supply — Concept and Major Results of a Technology Assessment Project Carried out on Behalf of the German Bundestag

Groundwater and Subsurface Remediation ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-45750-0_22 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 321-330

Author(s):

Herbert Paschen

Keyword(s):

Water Supply ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Groundwater Protection ◽

German Bundestag

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Sustainable Development. An Issue of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag

Sustainable Development - The Cultural Perspective ◽

10.5771/9783845271156-279 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 279-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Armin Grunwald

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Office Of Technology Assessment ◽

German Bundestag

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Versorgungsforschung in der Klinischen Neuropsychologie – eine Standortbestimmung

Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie ◽

10.1024/1016-264x.19.4.253 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 253-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sabine Heel ◽

Sonja Fischer ◽

Stefan Fischer ◽

Tobias Grässer ◽

Ellen Hämmerling ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Technology Assessment ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Health Technology ◽

Empirische Forschung

Zunächst führt dieser Artikel in die wesentlichen Begrifflichkeiten und Zielstellungen der Versorgungsforschung ein. Er befasst sich dann mit der Frage, wie die einzelnen Teildisziplinen der Versorgungsforschung, (1) die Bedarfsforschung, (2) die Inanspruchnahmeforschung, (3) die Organisationsforschung, (4) das Health Technology Assessment, (5) die Versorgungsökonomie, (6) die Qualitätsforschung und zuletzt (7) die Versorgungsepidemiologie konzeptionell zu fassen sind, und wie sie für neuropsychologische Anliegen ausformuliert werden müssen. In diesem Zusammenhang werden die in den einzelnen Bereichen jeweils vorliegenden versorgungsrelevanten Studienergebnisse referiert. Soweit es zulässig ist, werden Bedarfe für die Versorgungsforschung und Versorgungspraxis in der Neurorehabilitation daraus abgeleitet und Anregungen für die weitere empirische Forschung formuliert. Der Artikel bezieht sich – entsprechend seines Anliegens – ausschließlich auf Studien, die sich mit der Situation der deutschen Neurorehabilitation befassen.

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