HTA in Germany: very special and specific

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This is a special issue of the European Journal of Health Economics in various ways. First, it contains solely health economic evaluations which have been submitted during the last year. We will continue this policy of publishing topical issues from time to time in which we bundle a couple of accepted papers dealing with the same topic or methodological approach. Second, it is the first issue of 2010, the year in which we change from four to six issues per annum. This is necessary to enable publication of more of the outstanding high-quality papers which have been submitted to the EJHE. It reflects the increasing number of outstanding submissions in recent years. The editors are very grateful to the authors, the reviewers, and the publisher who made this success happen. Third, a citation index will be published for the EJHE for the first time in 2010. …