Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services

Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
Agency overview
Formed	1987
Type	Governmental agency
Headquarters	Stockholm
Employees	85
Agency executive	Susanna Axelsson, Director-general;
Parent agency	Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Key document	SFS 2007:1233;
Website	www.sbu.se/en

The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (Swedish: Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering, SBU) previously the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment is an independent Swedish governmental agency tasked with assessing and evaluating methods in use in healthcare and social services. SBU is tasked with summarizing and communicating evidence and is a knowledge center for both healthcare and social services in Sweden.^[1] The agency performs review by systematically searching the literature, evaluating, assuring quality, and weighing together results. SBU does not carry out any original research beyond meta-analysis, systematic review or health technology assessment (HTA).^[2] It is one of the world's oldest HTA agencies that started conducting systematic reviews in 1987.^[3]

^ "Förordning (2007:1233) med instruktion för Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
^ "Method". www.sbu.se. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
^ "About SBU". www.sbu.se. Retrieved 2018-06-14.

[:0-1] "Förordning (2007:1233) med instruktion för Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

[:1-2] "Method". www.sbu.se. Retrieved 2018-06-14.

[:2-3] "About SBU". www.sbu.se. Retrieved 2018-06-14.

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