Background
The project continues the work of the TIDE bridge phase study CERTAIN (Cost-effective rehabilitation technology through appropriate indicators) and parts of the TIDE pilot phase study HEART Line D.

Objectives of the Project
The objectives of EATS are threefold:

• to develop methodology for comprehensive assessments of assistive technology and services (AT&S), including socio-economic evaluation and effectiveness and cost-effectiveness issues. A holistic approach is taken, encopassing social values, including end-user preferences and quality of life. The special circumstances in disability and handicap are critical factors to be considered in the methodology
• to support decisions about assistive technologies and services (AT&S) and provide information on costs and effectiveness through dissemination of project results within the lead sector (TIDE) and national and international organisations
• to provide recommendations for implementing the results.

Through compilation and development of methodology for comprehensive assesment of AT&S, a framework for evaluation of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, focusing on user benefits and quality of life and costing for key actors in the society, will be provided.

Field studies will be accomplished in order to validate the framework.

Strategies for impacting decision on political and administrative levels will be worked out.

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Deliverable D2 -  Report on prototype instruments
eats_deliverable2.pdf  (87.098 bytes)

Deliverable D4 - Field testing of the EATS instruments: plan and procedures
eats_deliverable4.pdf (169.046 bytes)

Deliverable D5-3 - Report on methods, strategies and guidelines
eats_deliverable5-3.pdf (50.678 bytes)

Newsletter 1, May 1999
eats_newsletter1.pdf (16.219 bytes)

Newsletter 3, December 1999
eats_newsletter3.pdf  (23.947 bytes)

Final Report - Appendices
eats_appendices.zip  (52.524 bytes)